ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,036, issued on March 24, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Conduit reamer" was invented by Devin W. Herritz (Sussex, Wis.), Ian L. Christianson (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Steven W. Hyma (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit reamer with a lanyard receiver, inner and/or outer cutting blades is provided. The lanyard receiver is located along an axis of the handle near the tool's center of gravity. For example, the lanyard receiver is located between the handle and a bit retainer near the center of gravity. In this orientation, the lanyard receiver prevents tipping of the conduit reamer and reta...