US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Sept. 23 for "Stand light" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,130, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Stand light" was invented by Brian Cornell (West Allis, Wis.), Duane W. Wenzel (Waukesha, Wis.), David Proeber (Milwaukee) and Kevin D. White (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand light includes an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis, a collar coupled to the elongate body for movement along the elongate body between a first position and a second position, and a plurality of legs coupled to the collar, the plurality of legs being collapsed against the elongate body when the collar is in the first position and being expanded ...