ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,940, issued on April 14, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Drain cleaner tool" was invented by Benjamin J. Paprocki (Cottage Grove, Wis.), Benjamin T. Jones (St. Francis, Wis.), Aaron M. Williams (Milwaukee), Nicole Z. Summersett (Milwaukee) and Jack R. Warning (Sussex, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for opening or removing a blockage from a drain is shown. In one embodiment, the drain cleaning tool includes a drum, a spinning handle, a support handle, a cable, and a cable lock assembly. The spinning handle is coupled to the drum and rotatable to coil the cable after use of the drain clea...