US Patent Issued to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP on May 27 for "Hand tool with shear assembly" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,300, issued on May 27, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Hand tool with shear assembly" was invented by Rony Chan (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Samuel Nelson (Easley, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand tool including a shear assembly is provided, including a first handle, a second handle including a cutting member, and a cutting blade. The cutting blade forms a first opening and a second opening. The first handle is attachable in a first operating mode to the cutting blade at the first opening via a first fastener. The first handle is attachable in a second operating mode to the cutting blade at the second ...