ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,747, issued on April 22, was assigned to Ridge Tool Co. (Elyria, Ohio).

"Bipod support for handheld drain cleaning machine" was invented by Emily Jo Spinelli (Cincinnati), Kaylin Jacobsen (North Royalton, Ohio), Sarah Michaud (Mount Vernon, Ohio), Jeffrey Szucs (Columbia Station, Ohio), Alex M. Cole (Columbia Station, Ohio), Michael J. Rutkowski (North Royalton, Ohio), Nicholas Christopher Mavros (Columbia Station, Ohio) and Jacob Schneider (Elyria, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bipod support for a drain cleaning machine is described. The bipod support includes a base, a plurality of legs, a retaining member, and a latch. The ...