US Patent Issued to Viking Group, Minimax Viking Patent Management on May 12 for "Protective cover and installation tool for fire protection sprinklers" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,243, issued on May 12, was assigned to Viking Group Inc. (Caledonia, Mich.) and Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Protective cover and installation tool for fire protection sprinklers" was invented by Jason T. Watson (Hastings, Mich.), Scott T. Franson (Hastings, Mich.), Martin H. Workman (Delton, Mich.), Shawn J. Feenstra (Caledonia, Mich.) and Gary William Pleyte (Byron Center, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for protecting and installing a fire protection sprinkler. The protective device is embodied as a tubular cap that axially receives the sprinkler. The protection and installation devi...