ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,771, issued on July 8.
"Fixtures for pipe installation, sealing and security" was invented by Gerald R. Herren (Cookeville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixture for in installing, sealing and securing pipe by mating bell and spigot joints and securely capping open pipe ends of standard polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) pipe products as well as non-plastic piping by enabling equalized full circumference pressure on pipe ends to nudge, seal and/or secure pipe ends during installation or decommissioning."
The patent was filed on April 20, 2022, under Application No. 17/724,5...