US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on July 14 for "Work light" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,681, issued on July 14, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Work light" was invented by John F. Koebl (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) and Christina Y. Prestidge-Kadrlik (Pewaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work light includes a base configured to receive a battery, an arm including a first arm segment attached to the base and a second arm segment attached to the first arm segment, and an arm hinge disposed between the first arm segment and the second arm segment. The arm hinge includes a first head joint coupled to the first arm segment, a second head joint coupled to the second arm segment, and a c...