ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,126, issued on June 23, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Portable illumination apparatus" was invented by Tao Wang (Suzhou, China), Karen M. Baumeister (Jarrettsville, Md.), Jonathan Kirkpatrick (Baldwin, Md.), Xiaotian Zeng (Suzhou, China), Ling Yang (Suzhou, China) and Timothy J. Payne (Colombus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable illumination apparatus such as, for example, a task light, that is lightweight and compact to provide enhanced illumination in an ambient environment when placed in one of a plurality of operating modes. The portable illumination apparatus includes a support base and ...