ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,261, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to DAYSAVER AG (Zurich, Switzerland).

"Tool for driving a chain pin out of a chain link" was invented by Daniel Landolt (Birmensdorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for driving a chain pin out of a chain link includes a handle body which extends along a longitudinal axis and has a positioning element at a first end along the longitudinal axis, and a press-out device with an upper and a lower projection, which in each case delimit an intermediate element connecting the two projections, wherein through holes coaxial with one another are provided in the two projections and a drivin...