US Patent Issued to Mueller International on Sept. 15 for "Method of using a pipe coupon retainer" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,593, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Method of using a pipe coupon retainer" was invented by David Latimore Hughes Jr. (Signal Mountain, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of using a tool can include obtaining a tool which comprises a tool body having a recess and a detent member coupled to the tool body having a leg extending from the tool body, receiving the detent member of the tool body within the recess of the tool body upon one of deformation and movement of the leg by pushing the leg in a radially inward direction against a biasing of the leg in a radially outward direction...