ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,773, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Woodland Tools Inc. (Madison, Wis.).
"Pruner with geared mechanism" 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: "A pruner includes a stationary unit, a movable unit, and a driving unit, wherein the stationary unit is pivotally connected to the movable unit, and the movable unit is pivotally connected to the driving unit. The pruner is operated by a geared mechanism wherein movement of a second handle on the driving unit drives movement of a second blade on the movable unit towards a first blade on the stationary uni...