US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Feb. 18 for "Adjustable tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,891, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Adjustable tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool" was invented by Lloyd Rodney Holland (Georgetown, Ky.), Scottie Len Foster (Lawrenceburg, Ky.), Bradley Joseph Garcia (Louisville, Ky.), Michael Christopher Greenlee (Paris, Ky.), Jeffrey Lee James (Mount Sterling, Ky.), Bradley Dale Newcomb (Lancaster, Ky.) and Andrew Barnum Novian (Winchester, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool holder for a gun-shaped power tool includes a base including a first slot and a second slot e...