US Patent Issued to CANADIAN TIRE on Sept. 2 for "Oil filter removal tool" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,572, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to CANADIAN TIRE Corp. Ltd. (Toronto).

"Oil filter removal tool" was invented by John Paul Schmider (Toronto), Edmond Mok (Toronto), Aras Puodzinuas (Toronto), Abdul Haleem Ahamed Koya (Toronto), Patrick Tallon (Toronto) and David Green (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Oil filters used in automotive vehicles come in different sizes and may be located at varying positions on the engine which differ in terms of ease of access. Due to such variability, multiple specialized tools have typically been required to remove installed oil filters from automotive engines, including various sized pliers...