ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,115, issued on March 3, was assigned to Xylem I LLC (Norfolk, Va.).
"Fire suppression vegetation removal safety kit" was invented by Randolph D Hoover (Virginia Beach, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire suppression vegetation clearing kit provides for effective vegetation removal operations associated with fire suppression activities while ensuring user safety in operation with an industrial grade wood-chipper. The kit comprises a spade and a rakehoe. In this kit, each of the tools are composed of a non-metal material and are made of a unitary composition or a combination of non-metal materials. Each tool excludes open-loop ha...