ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,568, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Woodpeckers LLC (Strongsville, Ohio).

"Machining jig for creating compound angles" was invented by Nathan William Duxbury (Northfield, Ohio) and Paul E. Turley (Amherst, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining jig used for adjusting and aligning a workpiece with a drill bit of a drill press in order to make at least one hole at at least one desired compound angle in a workpiece. The machining jig includes a base table adapted to be operably engaged with a drill press table. The machining jig also includes a work table operably engaged with the base table, wherein the work table is pivotab...