ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,732, issued on April 22.
"Swivel joint device" was invented by Todd Sixtoes (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel joint device for limiting kinking of a vacuum hose includes a first connector and a second connector, which attach to respective ends of a first section and a second section of a vacuum hose, respectively. The second connector is complementary to the first connector and thus is selectively engageable to the first connector. The second connector and the first connector join the second section and the first section of the vacuum hose. At least one of the second connector and the first connector comprises...