ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,484, issued on May 27, was assigned to Jessem Tool Corp. (Canada).

"Router and debris receptacle" was invented by Darrin E. Smith (Moncton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris receptacle for a router table includes an enclosure configured to be attached to the router table. The enclosure defines an interior sized and shaped to receive a router. The enclosure defines a debris inlet aperture in fluid communication with a router bit aperture of the work platform so that the interior receives the debris from router bit aperture via the debris inlet aperture. The enclosure also defines a debris outlet aperture in fluid communic...