ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,267, issued on April 29, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.) and Keter Plastic LTD. (Herzelyia, Israel).
"Tool storage" was invented by Christopher S. Hoppe (Midvale, Utah), Michael John Caelwaerts (Milwaukee), Samuel A. Gould (West Allis, Wis.), Aaron M. Williams (Milwaukee), Aaron S. Blumenthal (Shorewood, Wis.), Michael Stearns (Milwaukee), Grant T. Squiers (Cudahy, Wis.), Steven W. Hyma (Milwaukee), Jason D. Thurner (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and Yaron Brunner (Kibbutz Gvat, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are various coupling systems to be used with storage units that are selectively...