US Patent Issued to Snap-on on Aug. 4 for "Cleaning tool for a roof drain tube and method of use" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,647, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Cleaning tool for a roof drain tube and method of use" was invented by Nicholas A. Gabbey (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning tool for a vehicle roof drain tube includes a flexible line, a handle having first and second ends and an interior channel therebetween, a tube extending from the first end of the handle and terminating at a work end, and a flexible tip on the work end of tube that is configured to abut an entry port of the vehicle drain tube. The flexible line extends from the second end of the handle, though the interior channel and fir...