ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,069, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Milwaukee Electronic Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Tool with pivoting portion and locking mechanism" was invented by Parker E. Tibbs (Milwaukee), Devin W. Herritz (Sussex, Wis.) and Brandon A. Apostal (Gurnee, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool with a pivoting head is shown. The tool includes a locking mechanism that allows the angular position of the head to be locked securely in place once selected by a user. In a specific embodiment, the locking mechanism includes a locking channel positioned in a generally parallel orientation to the axis of rotation of the pivoting head. In a spe...