ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,806, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Power tool and compact power feed trimmer head" was invented by Christopher Holman (Clemson, S.C.), Scott Reed (Anderson, S.C.) and Lance Eckard (Anderson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory mount device for a power tool, wherein a reference axis forms an axis of rotation of the accessory mount device, the accessory mount device including a housing forming an interior volume, the housing including a ramped surface in the interior volume at which a bearing is positioned; a first plate forming a channel at which the bearing is positioned at ...