US Patent Issued to Oetiker Tool on Oct. 27 for "Tool for disassembling connectors" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,762, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Oetiker Tool Corp. (Branford, Conn.).

"Tool for disassembling connectors" was invented by Joseph Krzyzanski (New Haven, Conn.), Ryan Adams (Cheshire, Conn.) and Scott Wetzel (Milford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for disassembling a pipe or tube from a push-to-connect fitting is provided. The tool includes a first body and a second body pivotally coupled to the first body. A pair of first fingers are pivotally coupled to the first body, each of the first fingers having a first semi-circular surface, the first semi-circular surfaces cooperating to engage the pipe or tube adjacent ...