US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on May 27 for "Article of clothing with control button" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,431, issued on May 27, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Article of clothing with control button" was invented by Timothy Janda (Elkhorn, Wis.) and Justin D. Dorman (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of clothing includes an electronic button assembly including an interface having a face and a base. The face defines a face periphery having a generally rectangular shape with two opposite corners cut-out as defined by six edges. The base defines a base periphery extending beyond the face periphery on all sides to provide structural support to the face. The article of clothing also i...