ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,552, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Handheld blower" was invented by Beth E. Cholst (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Bennett W. Westling (Milwaukee), Atul Anand (Milwaukee) and Gregory A Mutchler (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld blower including a housing, an air duct defining a duct axis, the air duct including an air inlet and an air outlet opposite the air inlet, and a handle. The handle at least partially defining a battery receiving cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a battery pack therein, where the handle defines a grip axis, and where the grip axis...