ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,783, issued on July 1, was assigned to Brochman Innovations LLC (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
"Tubing bender" was invented by Todd Brochman (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact, lightweight, portable tubing bender configured to enable one-handed operation. The tubing bender includes a portable housing including a handle portion, a bender shoe operably coupled to the portable housing, the bender shoe defining an arcuate channel configured to restrain a length of tubing along a prescribed arc during bending operations, a guide gear fixedly coupled to the bender shoe, and a guide frame pivotably coupled to the ben...