ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,359, issued on March 18, was assigned to Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Laser level" was invented by Dustin M. Lee (Worthington, Ohio), Vincent Cook (Milford, Conn.), Michael T. Matteo (West Hartford, Conn.) and Keith M. Lombardi (Avon, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser level including a control mechanism housing which houses a control mechanism, the control mechanism including at least a top surface and a bottom surface. A protective structure extends from the control mechanism housing configured to protect the control mechanism from impact and including an upper structure which extends from a top sur...