ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,246, issued on May 27, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Portable neck light" was invented by Alexis R. Taylor (McFarland, Wis.), Benjamin D. Gall (Milwaukee), Dalton F. Hansen (Grafton, Wis.) and Sullivan Dee (West Allis, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable neck light includes a neck band having an arm extending to a distal end, the distal end defining a rotation axis. A light head is coupled to the distal end of the arm. A shaft is coupled to the light head and the neck band to allow rotation of the light head relative to the neck band about the rotation axis within a rotation plane. The ...