US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on Nov. 4 for "Protection and installation device for fire protection sprinklers" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,821, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Protection and installation device for fire protection sprinklers" was invented by Shawn J. Feenstra (Caledonia, Mich.) and Gary William Pleyte (Byron Center, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for protecting and installing a fire protection sprinkler assembly having a thermally responsive trigger. The method includes shielding and torquing a fire protection sprinkler with a protective device having a torque assist feature. The protective device includes a first member and a second member opposed and spaced abou...