ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,631, issued on June 24.
"Downspout gutter extension displacement device" was invented by Trever Paulson (Kasson, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized downspout displacement device including a main housing having an internal fluid passage extending from a first fixed adapter housing to a second displaceable adapter housing with the first fixed adapter housing couplable to a fixed-vertical downspout and the second displaceable adapter housing couplable to a downspout extension, a weather-resistant electric motor moving the second displaceable adapter housing between an extended in-use condition and an out-of-the-way conditi...