ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,139, issued on March 3.
"Geared lopper with additional leverage" was invented by Paul Janson (Porter Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A geared lopper has a cam lever arm on an upper handle with a fixed rear bracket thereon where the fixed rear bracket is attached onto a hook jaw and the other end has a bolt attachment point; a hook jaw has the bolt attachment point on a stub end and distal from a jaw thereon, said hook jaw is on the front end, a front bracket is attached thereon near the jaw with a pivot between the hook jaw and the front bracket; a cutting blade is attached to the hook jaw near a front bracket through a ...