ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,109, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Button assemblies for extension poles" was invented by Lawrence Gerard Bereswill (Columbia, Mo.), Ahmad Atallah (Columbia, Mo.), Adam Paul Brown (Columbia, Mo.) and Gregory Kevin Tetro (Columbia, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button assembly is provided that includes a plug, a button, and a biasing member. The plug can be received in an inner pole section. The button is slidably received in the plug for movement between a locked position extended from the plug and an unlocked position retracted with respect to the plug. The biasing member biases the button...