Popular Mechanics Recognizes Inventor and Entrepreneur Dan Brown for the Second Time in Five Years for Outstanding Product Design Achievements NEW YORK, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- LoggerHead Tools received a 2009 Breakthrough Innovation Award from Popular Mechanics magazine on October 8th at the Hearst Tower in New York City for its newly designed Bionic Hydrant Wrench(TM). LoggerHead, a past Popular Mechanics Editors Choice Award winner, is an entrepreneurial startup, a multiple award-winning designer, marketer, and American manufacturer of innovative problem-solving tools. The new Hydrant Wrench will serve the needs of firefighters and water system personnel by addressing the age-old problem of quickly opening problematic multi-sized fire hydrant valves in a revolutionary new way. A breakthrough innovation, it has been heralded for its patented design that quickly adjusts to multi-sized pentagonal nuts and provides an inventive mechanically advantaged grip when time and performance are of the essence. The awards honor new products that exemplify innovation, invention, design and engineering and the personalities behind them.
