US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Oct. 6 for "Power tool shoe and dust port" (Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,355, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Power tool shoe and dust port" was invented by Anthony D. Reth (Middle River, Md.), Brent A. Kuehne (Red Lion, Pa.), Joshua D. Woods (Middle River, Md.) and Brandi A. Dudrick (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary cutting tool includes a battery pack receptacle, a handle, a motor, a cutting wheel driven by the motor, a blade guard surrounding the cutting wheel and a shoe. The shoe includes a base and an attachment portion. The base abuts a workpiece and provide a depth of cut. The attachment portion is perpendicular to the base. The attachmen...