US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "System and device for reducing possibility of accidental electrical discharges to a fish tape during use of the fish tape" (South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,676, issued on Oct. 21.

"System and device for reducing possibility of accidental electrical discharges to a fish tape during use of the fish tape" was invented by Bradley Allan Olson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Luke Jeffery Schulte (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective device for reducing the possibility of accidental electrical discharges to a fish tape during use may include a coupler portion configured to be releasably coupled to a connector of an electrical enclosure of electrical infrastructure, and a shield portion configured to receive a free end and end portion of the fish tape from conductive contact wi...