ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,790, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Tool storage devices" was invented by Christopher S. Hoppe (Cedarburg, Wis.), Steven W. Hyma (Milwaukee), Grant T. Squiers (Cudahy, Wis.) and Michael Stearns (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tool storage devices. A tool storage device may include a handle assembly including a support arm connected between a body and a handle portion and having a substantially rectangular cross section oriented with first walls extending transverse to the axis having a greater width than second walls extending parallel to the axis. A width of the handle...