ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,089, issued on April 15.
"Conveyance drain emitter" was invented by Charles Jacob (CJ) Huxford (Bellingham, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rainwater conveyance system for managing water flowing through a conveyance line having a first portion located above ground and a second portion located underground and adjacent to a percolation region. The rainwater conveyance system comprises a drain emitter comprising an emitter inlet and an emitter outlet. The emitter inlet is connected to the conveyance line such that the collected water flows into the drain emitter and a drained portion of the collected water flows from the second po...