US Patent Issued to Woodland Tools on Dec. 9 for "Extending pole clamping device" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,720, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Woodland Tools Inc. (Madison, Wis.).

"Extending pole clamping device" was invented by Charlton G. A. Foster (Middleton, Wis.) and James W. Meiller (Fitchburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extending pole clamping device comprises a main body mounted on one end of an outer pole that receives insertion of an inner pole, a second body surrounding the inner pole and connected to the main body at the back portion, and a clamping lever rotatably connected at a base thereof to dual ramps at a front side of the second body. The extending pole clamping device further comprises a push button at a ...