ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,812, issued on April 21, was assigned to A&E Inc. (Racine, Wis.).
"Hose clamp pliers" was invented by Jeffrey J Kuzmic (Wind Lake, Wis.) and Billy Greuel (Waterford, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hose clamp pliers for use with both a wire spring hose clamp and a band spring hose clamp is disclosed. Two arms of the hose clamp pliers each rotatably carry contact points of different configurations. The first contact point is designed to receive, in a first position, an end portion of a wire spring clamp through a notch; and in a second position, to receive a hoop-shaped end of a band spring clamp. The second contact point is co...