ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,805, issued on July 8, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Auxiliary handle for work tool" was invented by Yoshitaka Machida (Anjo, Japan) and Taro Hisano (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary handle for a work tool reduces vibrations transmitted to a grip. An auxiliary handle for a work tool is an auxiliary handle detachably attachable to the work tool. The auxiliary handle includes an attachment being elongated, elastically deformable, and windable around an outer circumference of the work tool, a threaded shaft including a basal portion connected to two ends of the attachment, a base being cylindrical an...