ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,097, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GREENLEE TOOLS INC. (Rockford, Ill.).
"Portable drill puller" was invented by Austin Peck (Rockford, Ill.), Andrew Troy (Rockford, Ill.), Fernando Paz (Rockford, Ill.), Joshua Kerns (Rockford, Ill.) and Natalie Adele Hendrix (Rockford, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puller in accordance with some example embodiments includes a frame and a capstan rotatably mounted on the frame. The capstan has a body having an angled wall portion and a movable end wall. A boom is mounted to the frame and has a head at an end thereof which can be positioned in a variety of positions."
The patent was filed ...