ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,278, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Tool storage" was invented by Christopher S. Hoppe (Midvale, Utah), Michael John Caelwaerts (Milwaukee), Samuel A. Gould (New Berlin, Wis.), Aaron M. Williams (Milwaukee), Aaron S. Blumenthal (Shorewood, Wis.), Michael Stearns (Milwaukee), Grant T. Squiers (Cudahy, Wis.), Steven W. Hyma (Milwaukee) and Jason D. Thurner (Menomonee Falls, Wis.).
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 coupled and decoupled. The coupling systems may be used with storage units tha...