US Patent Issued to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP on July 15 for "Dual function power tool" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,888, issued on July 15, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Dual function power tool" was invented by Ronald J. Hoffman (Iva, S.C.) and Eric J. Nolin (Anderson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual function tool head including a first selectively deployable cutting tool configured to automatically deploy when the tool head rotates in a first direction and automatically move to a stowed position when the tool head rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second selectively deployable cutting tool configured to automatically deploy when the tool head rotates in the second direction a...