ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,880, issued on April 29, was assigned to Belron International Ltd. (Egham, Great Britain).
"Glazing panel removal" was invented by William Finck (Brentwood, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glazing panel removal device comprising a winder unit having first and second winder spools for winding a cutting filament and a drive, for driving the winder spools. The drive means includes a single or common drive input for driving both the first and second winder spools. The drive may be a rotary input drive, and driving the rotary input in a first rotary direction may cause winding of the filament onto the first winder spool and ...