US Patent Issued to ECHO on Aug. 18 for "Portable tool with grippable rear handle" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,781, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ECHO Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Portable tool with grippable rear handle" was invented by Brent Peterson (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) and Peter D. Kim (Vernon Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable tool having an elongate frame with a front-to-rear lengthwise axis. The portable tool is configured to be held in a starting orientation, wherein the lengthwise axis of the frame extends substantially horizontally, with a user's hands separately engaging the portable tool at a first region and a second region forwardly of the first region. The portable tool has: a) a gripping assembly at the ...