US Patent Issued to Snap-on on July 7 for "Tool storage units with integrated power" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,410, issued on July 7, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Tool storage units with integrated power" was invented by David A. Doerflinger (Franksville, Wis.) and Daniel Eggert (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention broadly relates to a tool storage unit with an integrated power strip. In some embodiments, the power strip is movable with a compartment of the tool storage unit. In other embodiments, the power strip is stationary. The compartment is adapted to provide access to the power strip when the compartment is open."

The patent was filed on Oct. 30, 2020, under Application No. 17/085,656. ...