ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,111, issued on July 15, was assigned to PneuTools Inc. (Arlington, Tenn.).
"Self aligning bumper for pneumatic framing tools" was invented by Frederick William Lamb (McDonald, Pa.) and Frederick William Lamb II (Canonsburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic framing tool includes a housing with an axis of symmetry X, a nose with a tubular portion centered about the axis X and secured to the housing by at least one bolt, a sleeve disposed within the housing, a piston driver disposed within the sleeve having a base portion centered about axis X and a tubular portion that extends from the base portion along the axis X into t...