US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on Dec. 9 for "Grade rod with end cap and related method of use" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,896, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Grade rod with end cap and related method of use" was invented by Jacob D. Hadfield (Mukwonago, Wis.) and Adam J. Sargis (Mount Pleasant, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end cap for a grade rod and a method of using the same is provided. The end cap has a body that includes a bottom wall and a front wall perpendicular to the bottom wall. An outer surface of the bottom wall is substantially planar. A projection extends outwardly from the front wall. A bottom surface of the projection is substantially planar and substantially aligns with the...