ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,667, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).
"Shell cutter depth stop" was invented by David Latimore Hughes Jr. (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) and Samantha Ellen Covington (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shell cutter tool can include an arbor; a cutter including a first end secured to the arbor; a second end defining a cutting element; and a wall extending from the first end to the second end and defining an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface defining an outer diameter of the cutter; and a depth stop secured to the cutter, the depth stop defining a stop surface and an oute...