ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,156, issued on Jan. 20.

"Wireless abrasive blasting remote deadman assembly" was invented by Douglas P. Nodurft (Jefferson, La.) and Michael Z. Sherwood (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for an abrasive blasting remote assembly having a shroud and a deadman lever pivotally connected to the shroud. The deadman lever is pitoval between a closed operating position and a released position. In the closed operating position, the deadman ever engages a momentary deadman switch disposed within the shroud. The momentary deadman switch is electrically connected to a wireless transmitter circuit board, whic...