US Patent Issued to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES on April 8 for "Pressurized flexible hose for demolition of objects" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,093, issued on April 8, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).

"Pressurized flexible hose for demolition of objects" was invented by Bahram Issari (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Michael Thomas Kenworthy (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) and Taylor Caitlin Doty (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for removing and/or destroying support structures associated with objects fabricated using additive manufacturing techniques are presented herein. Structural supports may be used during an additive manufacturing process to prevent deformation of a build piece (e.g., three dimensional (3D) prin...