ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,762, issued on April 22, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Work light" was invented by Duane W. Wenzel (Mukwonago, Wis.), Brian Cornell (West Allis, Wis.), Alan Amundson (Milwaukee), Jun Ma (HuaiAn, China), Jay J. Rosenbecker (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Jing Su (LongYan, China) and Jason Isaacs (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work light including a body defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a length extending between the first end and the second end, and a pivot axis extending parallel to the length. The first end includes a power button. The work light further includes a ...