US Patent Issued to Snap-on on Sept. 15 for "Lighting features for tools" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,656, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Lighting features for tools" was invented by Jack H. Stickney (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Jason Genz (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting assembly that is incorporated into a tool, and includes a plurality of illumination elements, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), that can be activated/illuminated individually or together. The illumination elements may be part of one or more lighting elements that cooperatively form the lighting assembly. In an example, the lighting assembly may include a lighting element that is coupled to an elongated housin...