ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,404, issued on Nov. 4.
"Material regulating trap for sewer connection" was invented by Danny Warren (Carver, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system that operates to capture improper disposal materials prior to their entry to the municipal sewer system in order to the burdens of such improper disposals on the originator of the waste. A trap assembly captures improper disposal materials at their source so as to provide notice to the generator of such waste that such activity is prohibited and to provide a mechanism by which responsibility for such improper waste disposal can be correctly identified and assigned."
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