ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,366, issued on July 14, was assigned to iTool Equipment Holding LLC (Clinton, Tenn.).

"Air-powered system for routing a pulling cord through a conduit" was invented by David S. Jordan (Knoxville, Tenn.), Michael C. Jordan (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Scott M. Jordan (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for routing a pulling cord endwise through a cylindrical conduit for purposes of securing the pulling cord to an item desired to be pulled through the conduit with the pulling cord utilizes an elongated carriage including a disc-shaped head and a stem portion to which the pulling cord is securable and which is joined to ...