ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,723, issued on Nov. 18.
"Pipe roding guide tool" was invented by John Pasquesi (Lake Forest, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe rodding guide tool which directs a flexible cleaning rod or snake in a selected direction at a pipe junction or series of pipe junctions, wherein the pipe rodding guide tool comprises a rod for a user to hold and a deflector for directing the flexible cleaning rod or snake in the direction of the bend or deflector."
The patent was filed on Feb. 4, 2023, under Application No. 18/105,834.
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