US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on July 29 for "Portable lighting systems" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,223, issued on July 29, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Portable lighting systems" was invented by Bennett W. Westling (Milwaukee), Christopher S. Spaulding (Green Bay, Wis.) and Scott T. Moeller (Richfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable lighting system includes a housing with a lower surface, walls extending from the lower surface, and a cavity defined by the lower surface and the walls. The cavity is divided into a first space and a second space. A light body is coupled to the housing for movement between a first position, in which the light body encloses the first space, and a se...