TRIC Tools, Inc.

TRIC Tools, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, California, is an infrastructure and environmental technology company that designs, produces and sells proprietary tools and systems for the "non-invasive" rehabilitation and replacement of sewer, water, gas and other difficult to access underground pipes.

TRIC's lightweight and portable trenchless system replaces pipe with minimal, or in some instances, complete avoidance of disruption to business activities. The use of this technology provides an attractive alternative to the conventional digging of holes in the earth or the destruction of trees, streets and driveways. The TRIC Tool System has been sold to more than 300 piping and drain cleaning customers in the United States and additional customers internationally. TRIC has been granted several U.S. patents:
*6,305,880 - Device and Method for Trenchless Replacement of Underground Pipe - Issued October 23, 2001
*6,524,031 - Device and Method for Trenchless Replacement of Underground Pipe - Issued February 25, 2003
*6,793,442 - Device and Method for Trenchless Replacement of Underground Pipe - Issued September 21, 2004
*6,799,923 - Trenchless Water Pipe Replacement Device and Method - Issued October 5, 2004

Patents on the TRIC technology have also been granted in Australia, Brazil, Mexico and New Zealand. Patent applications are pending in Canada, Japan, and Norway.

ee also

*Pipebursting

*Trenchless