US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on Nov. 3 for "Compacting tool" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,807, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Compacting tool" was invented by Joseph C. Reiter (Milwaukee) and Daryl S. Richards (Sussex, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compacting tool includes an upper mass, a lower mass coupled to the upper mass, a driving axis extending centrally through the upper mass and the lower mass, a motive source supported by the upper mass, the motive source including an output shaft, a battery configured to provide power to the motive source, a handle coupled to the upper mass, a user interface supported by the handle and configured to receive an input t...