ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,058, issued on Aug. 5.
"Quick pipe connector" was invented by Hewen Liang (Yuhuan, China), Shicheng Liang (Yuhuan, China) and Chienyu Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick pipe connector includes a connector body, a sealing ring, a securing ring, an engaging member and a coupling sleeve. The engaging member is arranged to bias against the securing ring and includes a plurality of catching claws. The coupling sleeve includes a main sleeve member and an extension sleeve extending from the main sleeve member to engage with the connector body in such a manner that when a pipe is inserted in the connector body, the...