ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,766, issued on July 1.
"Rope cleaner" was invented by Michael Glen Brewer (Paradise, Texas) and Dustin Whitaker (Childress, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rope cleaning tool for cleaning a rope. The rope cleaning tool comprises one or more wiper disks and a frame assembly. The frame assembly comprises a first shell portion and a second shell portion, and a plurality of fasteners. The plurality of fasteners comprise at least a first fastener, and each comprise a first fastener portion and a second fastener portion. The frame assembly is attached to a portion of the one or more wiper disks using a portion of the plurality of fas...