ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,844, issued on July 1, was assigned to Guido Valentini (Milan).

"Protective shroud for a hand-guided power tool and hand-guided power tool with such a protective shroud" was invented by Guido Valentini (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention refers to a protective shroud (40) for a hand-guided power tool (1), in particular a polisher or sander, the protective shroud (40) being adapted to be attached to a housing (2) of the power tool (1) and to cover at least part of a working element (11) of the power tool (1). It is suggested that the protective shroud (40) is secured to the housing (2) in at least one direction by means...