US Patent Issued to Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission on Nov. 11 for "Fire hydrant repair tool, and systems and methods of using same" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,797, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (Laurel, Md.).

"Fire hydrant repair tool, and systems and methods of using same" was invented by James Haldeman (Poolesville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire hydrant repair tool is provided for removing a main valve of a fire hydrant, wherein the main valve has a pair of ring tabs extending upwardly therefrom. The fire hydrant repair tool can include a valve key having a first receptacle and a second receptacle that are configured to receive, respectively, the first and second ring tabs. Each of the first and second receptacles can define a firs...