ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,107, issued on May 12, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Tool for installing fire sprinklers" was invented by William K. Rucker (Providence, R.I.), Steven L. Shields (Lubbock, Texas), Daniel Cross (South Kingston, R.I.) and Jianhu Nie (Lansdale, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one aspect is directed to a device to configure a fire sprinkler. The device can have an elongated member. The elongated member can have an open end, an opposing closed end, and a body extending laterally therebetween. The open end can receive a portion of a fire sprinkler. The closed end can have a main aperture. The main aper...