ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,683, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Gardening trimmer" was invented by Tomoyuki Kutsuna (Anjo, Japan) and Mikihiro Kitahara (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gardening trimmer may include: a first blade; a facing member overlapping with the first blade in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction; and a suppressing structure. Grease may be applied to at least a part of a conversion mechanism. The first blade may include: a plurality of first slots; and a plurality of pairs of first connecting portions, wherein each pair of the first connecting portions is disposed at opposite end...