ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,999, issued on Nov. 18.
"Selectable length conduits" was invented by Richard Di Loreto (Oxford, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Selectable length conduits including a tubular body and a brace member. The tubular body has a tube wall with an outer surface. The tube wall defines a channel extending through the tube wall radially from the outer surface towards a longitudinal axis of the tubular body and circumferentially around the tubular body. The channel defines a channel gap between channel sidewalls of the tube wall spaced across the channel. The brace member is disposed in the channel and extends across the channel gap to abut...