US Patent Issued to Milwaukee Electric Tool on June 30 for "Locking pliers with improved adjustment member" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,938, issued on June 30, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Locking pliers with improved adjustment member" was invented by Steven W. Hyma (Milwaukee) and Cheng Zhang Li (Sussex, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand tool includes a first jaw, a first handle fixed to the first jaw, a second jaw, and a second handle pivotally coupled to the second jaw, a link member, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member is operable to axially move a first end of the link member to vary a distance between the first and second jaws. The adjustment member includes an engagement surface engageable with the fi...