US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on June 9 for "Cable tie tensioning and cut-off tool" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,599, issued on June 9, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Cable tie tensioning and cut-off tool" was invented by Mattia Pontini (Padua, Italy), Lorenzo Altarino (Padua, Italy) and Michele Lucon (Padua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for an improved tool for tensioning and severing an elongate cable tie having a tie head portion and a tie tail portion, said tool comprising: a pistol-shaped housing having a barrel portion extending between a distal housing end portion and a proximal housing end portion along a longitudinal axis and a handle portion extending away from said ba...