ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,713, issued on Jan. 28.
"Fuel oil anti-siphoning tool" was invented by John Lancaster (Saco, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fuel oil theft prevention tool configured to prevent theft or siphoning of fuel oil from a fuel tank. The tool is compact and lightweight and includes a metal femalexfemale reduced coupling, a heavy-duty metal screen having a plurality of holes disposed therein, the screen is positioned inside the reduced coupling and is secured/biased and held tight by a torsional spring, a malexfemale hex bushing having a hexagonal head is positioned inside the reduced coupling over the...