ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,400, issued on Jan. 28.
"Drain cleaning device" was invented by Stephen S. Turner (Edelstein, Ill.) and Scott I. Turner (Chillicothe, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drain cleaning device for removing debris from a drain is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the drain cleaning device includes a handle section, an elongated rod section having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed relative to the first end, the first end of the elongated rod section being connected to the handle section; and a tip section connected to the second end of the elongated rod section, the tip section including a central core portion and a ...