US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on June 2 for "Extension pole for driving tool" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,211, issued on June 2, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Extension pole for driving tool" was invented by Jean-Luc Simonin (Barcelonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension pole for a driving tool, the extension pole including a mounting mechanism for mounting the driving tool to the extension pole and an actuating mechanism configured such that a release force applied towards the driving tool mounted to the extension pole causes a trigger of the driving tool to move in an opposite direction to actuate the trigger."

The patent was filed on Nov. 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/950,791.

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