US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Feb. 17 for "Accessories for oscillating power tools" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,955, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc..

"Accessories for oscillating power tools" was invented by Andrew Reist (Springfield, Mass.), Matthew Christopher Green (Amherst, Mass.), Matthew Savarino (Simsbury, Conn.) and Kevin M. Howe (Ludlow, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory for an oscillating power tool includes an attachment portion configured to be coupled to an oscillating power tool and a working portion coupled to the attachment portion and extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The working portion has a generally planar wedge shape bounded at least partially by a rear non-cutting end w...