US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on June 30 for "Heated hand garment" (Wisconsin, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,148, issued on June 30, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Heated hand garment" was invented by Joseph R. McIntyre (Milwaukee), Gary Lee McMurray (Pewaukee, Wis.) and Jesse B. Thompson (North Bend, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heated hand garment includes a body having a wrist section, and a plurality of digit sections extending therefrom. The heated hand garment further includes a heating element positioned on the body and operable to heat at least a portion of a hand of a user. The heating element includes a connecting portion configured to be positioned on the wrist section, a first digit ...