ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,553, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).
"Foldable hand-held tool" was invented by Peter Kohl (Illertissen, Germany), Patrick Missel (Westerstetten, Germany) and Bernhard Reh (Laichingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held tool (100) includes a handle (104), and a blade (102) pivotably coupled to the handle at a proximal end (105). The blade includes a plurality of apertures (116, 118, 120, 122). The hand-held tool further includes a locking member (438) is configured to detachably engage with one of the plurality of the apertures to retain the blade at an angular position relative to th...