ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,420, issued on Feb. 24.
"Fish tape for use in a system for installing refrigerant" was invented by Trent Samson (Menifee, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an improved fish tape and housing. Generally, the disclosed fish tape and housing includes: a modified and scaled fiberglass, metallic or plastic tape designed for accurately measuring the total length of round pipes; a modified tip for the tape that prevents damage to copper piping of a refrigerant piping system; and a housing containing the tape such that the tape is extractable from the housing and wherein the housing includes squeegee that wipes clean the tape...