ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,593, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Digital level" was invented by Matthew Leidel (Wind Lake, Wis.), Gareth J. Mueckl (Milwaukee), Eric Mackey (Milwaukee), Gary Lee McMurray (Pewaukee, Wis.) and Taylor Wayne Crenshaw (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool, such as a digital level, having multiple methods of indicating the orientation of the level. One embodiment of the level includes two or more accelerometers arranged in complimenting orientations, such as 90 degrees with respect to each other. The complimenting orientation allows for more precise measurements from les...