ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,887, issued on July 28, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).
"Anti-pinch cover" was invented by Ataur Rahman (Charlotte, N.C.), Prudhvi Krishna Yarlagadda (Charlotte, N.C.), Ravi Kumar Avupati (Charlotte, N.C.), Raviteja Tata (Charlotte, N.C.) and Rizwan Ahmad (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic hot stick or pole for manipulating a tool from a position a selected distance away from a workpiece wherein the hot stick includes a tubular first section having a female end and a predetermined non-circular cross-sectional shape. A second section has a male end slidably engaged within th...