ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,518, issued on March 31, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Hand-held planning tool" was invented by Connor M. Temme (Medford, Wis.), Matthiew Schleis (West Allis, Wis.), Jeffrey S. Holly (West Bend, Wis.) and Jason E. Fenner (Janesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held power tool includes a housing, a first shoe movably coupled to the housing, a second shoe fixedly coupled to the housing, a rotating cutting tool disposed between the first shoe and the second shoe, and a depth adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the first shoe relative to the second shoe. The rotati...