ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,541, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RB Distribution Inc. (Colmar, Pa.).
"Hand tool for straightening a fluid line" was invented by Chad Timothy Leichliter (Quakertown, Pa.), Steven William Butcher (Collegeville, Pa.) and Katherine Adelia Goodman (Feasterville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand tool for straightening a fluid line has two sections that are configured to interlock and define an elongated line straightening channel between ends of the tool. One tool section has recesses and the other tool section has projections. The hand tool is assembled by moving the two sections together and interlocking the projections a...