US Patent Issued to Vermeer Manufacturing on July 22 for "Handheld water drill and method" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,120, issued on July 22, was assigned to Vermeer Manufacturing Co. (Pella, Iowa).

"Handheld water drill and method" was invented by Thor Anderson (Monroe, Iowa) and Logan Peters (Pleasant Hill, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water drilling system includes a handheld wand having a handle portion and a distal tip. A hose connects the handheld wand to a pressurized water source. The handheld wand is controllable to selectively discharge pressurized water from a nozzle at the distal tip. A non-metallic hollow shaft of the handheld wand is configured to be thrust into ground soil. The hollow shaft extends between the handle portion ...