ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,615, issued on April 15, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Reel and tip for fish tape" was invented by Caleb C. Adams (Milwaukee), Eric J. Williams (Grafton, Wis.) and James A. Cemke Jr. (Hartford, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a fish tape reel comprising a housing with two side shells coupled together. The housing defines an internal cavity. An internal portion of the housing defines a plurality of flat gripping portions and a plurality of finger notches. The housing comprises a plurality of tabs in the internal cavity, the tabs interfacing against an inner annular portion th...