ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,338, issued on June 16.
"Retrieval device with locking feature" was invented by Michael F. Stodden (Rocky Point, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrieval device with a locking feature is provided for recovering objects from wells, pipes, or similar passages. The device includes an arm tube body, a plurality of arms movable between open and closed positions by a control cable, and a locking mechanism configured to secure the control cable when the arms engage a target object. In one embodiment, the locking mechanism comprises a lock-off tube and a rocker arm pin that pinches a bridge cable to maintain the arms in a closed posit...