US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on Sept. 15 for "Case for storing and supporting a power tool in use" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,670, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Case for storing and supporting a power tool in use" was invented by Eric Siegel (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Christopher Heflin (Oak Park, Ill.), Sean Zhang (Palatine, Ill.) and Bradley Padget (Huntley, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage case is configured to store a power tool and ancillary devices. The storage case includes a first case half pivotably joined to a second case half. In addition, the storage case includes a worktable configured to be stowed inside the storage case. The worktable is formed of a first foldable panel that is rota...