ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,622, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Pliers storage rack" was invented by Thomas J. Schneider (Milwaukee) and Logan C. Arlov (Cocoa Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage rack for storing tools, such as pliers with open-biased handles, is provided. The pliers storage rack includes a support base and a plurality of pliers support structures coupled to the support base. Each of the plurality of pliers support structures define an open support region. A pair of pliers is supported by each of the plurality of pliers support structures. Each pair of pliers includes a pair o...