ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,588, issued on March 31, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Lock off assemblies for trimmers" was invented by Matthew D. McGrath (Brookfield, Wis.), Jonathan S. Keller (Brookfield, Wis.), Timothy M. Rodenkirch (Brookfield, Wis.) and Eric J. Boticki (Brookfield, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lock off assemblies for trimmers are provided. A trimmer includes a working head; a handle assembly connected to the working head by a connecting member; a trigger connected to the handle assembly and movable between an off position and an on position, wherein the trigger being in the on position causes actua...