ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,905, issued on July 14, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Dust bag for power tool and power tool" was invented by Fumihide Sugita (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust bag includes a frame disposed inside the bag main body. The frame includes at least one non-flexible portion extending in the first direction and/or a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as not to have flexibility in the first direction, and at least one flexible portion coupled with the at least one non-flexible portion and extending in an intersection direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction...