ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,894, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Storage unit with light-emitting components" was invented by Lea M. Plato (Shorewood, Wis.), Zachary J. Self (Nashotah, Wis.), Michael A. Matthews (Milwaukee), San Sang Chan (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Matthew Asher (Kowloon, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device or unit with a lighting component is provided. The device includes coupling components that couple the device to stackable storage unit containers. In one embodiment, the device includes a battery interface to couple to a battery for power tools. In one embodiment, the device in...