ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,361, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Sweden).

"Multipurpose drip irrigation tool" was invented by Charles Spencer Donovan (Millcreek, Utah) and Eric Tres Wangsgaard (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose drip irrigation tool may comprise a first reaming extension and a second reaming extension. The first reaming extension may be positioned with respect to the second reaming extension such that a tube of a smaller diameter may be expanded by either one of the first and second reaming extensions and a tube of a larger diameter may be expanded by a combination of the first and second reaming ext...