ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,103, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Drill stand" was invented by Mitchell Carlson (Lisbon, Wis.) and Ligan Wu (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill stand including a base, a mast defining a longitudinal axis and pivotably coupled to the base, a support bracket moveably coupled to the mast and pivotably coupled to the base, a carriage moveably coupled to the mast, and a release valve. The base has, on a bottom side thereof, a first gasket and a second gasket disposed within the first gasket, such that a vacuum chamber is defined between the first gasket, the second...