ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,070, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Kelly Harris (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
"Setting key for plane iron in tenon tapering plane" was invented by Kelly Harris (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Peter Galbert (Rollinsford, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A setting key for attaching a plane iron to a tapering plane at a specific desired tapering angle, the setting key comprising: a first edge shaped to fit into a setting key function slot with an opening along a circumference of a mortise of the tapering plane; and a second edge positioned opposite to the first edge, wherein when the setting key is inserted into the setting key function slot: the firs...