ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,541, issued on June 2, was assigned to Terser Tools Ltd (Fairfield, Calif.).
"Pipe conduit locator system" was invented by Abel Zarazua (El Sobrante, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for precisely locating and marking placement locations for drilling or conduit installation in construction environments. A pipe conduit locator system includes a focused-light system disposed within the housing and a clamping mechanism having a plurality of prongs configured to engage with a hollow surface. The focused-light system projects light towards a target location and the clamping mechanism moves between an open posi...