ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,702, issued on Jan. 27.
"Method and device for cleaning and adjusting a sprinkler head" was invented by Charles Fowler Lindsay Hewitt Jr. (Huntington, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and tool for cleaning and adjusting an irrigation system sprinkler head includes a tool with tool head configured to engage an adjustment element of the sprinkler head and a curved tube having a first open end and a second open end. The tool is positioned so that the first open end of the curved tube receives a water stream exiting a nozzle of the sprinkler head and the second open end of the curved tube ejects the water stream in a directio...