US 12,281,747 B2
Bipod support for handheld drain cleaning machine
Emily Jo Spinelli, Cincinnati, OH (US); Kaylin Jacobsen, North Royalton, OH (US); Sarah Michaud, Mount Vernon, OH (US); Jeffrey Szucs, Columbia Station, OH (US); Alex M. Cole, Columbia Station, OH (US); Michael J. Rutkowski, North Royalton, OH (US); Nicholas Christopher Mavros, Columbia Station, OH (US); and Jacob Schneider, Elyria, OH (US)
Assigned to Ridge Tool Company, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed by Ridge Tool Company, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,754.
Application 18/511,754 is a division of application No. 16/849,452, filed on Apr. 15, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,788, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084959 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F16M 13/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/043 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/00 (2013.01) [B08B 9/0436 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drain cleaning machine comprising:
a housing;
a drum rotatable about an axis;
a cable including an operative end portion that is extendable from and retractable into the drum;
a support pivotally attached to the housing for moving the drain cleaner between a first position spaced a first distance from a drain and a second position spaced a second distance from the drain, the second distance being shorter than the first distance;
whereupon the operative end portion of the cable, disposed in the drain, is extended and retracted relative to the drain, when the drain cleaner is moved between the first and second positions.