US Patent Issued to Cory Hoke on July 28 for "Torch device configured to distribute heat around the periphery of an object" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,012, issued on July 28, was assigned to Cory Hoke (Pittsburgh).

"Torch device configured to distribute heat around the periphery of an object" was invented by Cory Hoke (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torch device includes: a housing having a thermal energy source positioned therein; an ignition button operatively connected to the thermal energy source; and a thermal energy producing structure extending from a first end of the housing and operatively connected to the thermal energy source. The thermal energy producing structure includes an inner surface, an outer surface, an opening defined by the inner surface, and at l...