US Patent Issued to Andis on Aug. 4 for "Adjustable blade assembly having magnetic tensioning" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,743, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Andis Co. (Sturtevant, Wis.).

"Adjustable blade assembly having magnetic tensioning" was invented by Richard J. Tringali (Racine, Wis.), Zachary Fossum (Saint Francis, Wis.) and Jassen R. Miller (Trevor, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair cutting device or clipper is provided with a magnetic blade assembly. The hair cutting device includes a cutting blade, a stationary blade and a yoke attached to the cutting blade. The yoke and/or cutting blade may be magnetized to create an attractive or repulsive force between the cutting blade and the stationary blade."

The patent was filed on Sept. ...