US Patent Issued to Advanced Drainage Systems on Dec. 9 for "Connector for mainline pipe and outlet pipe" (Arizona, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,774, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (Hilliard, Ohio).

"Connector for mainline pipe and outlet pipe" was invented by Kurt Michael Keene (Phoenix), Jeffrey Allan Warden (Lafayette, Ore.) and Joseph Michael Halter (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for connecting a mainline pipe with an outlet pipe is provided. The system comprises an outlet pipe configured to be coupled to a mainline pipe near a proximal end of the outlet pipe, a first sleeve disposed on an exterior surface of the outlet pipe and comprising a first lip at a proximal end of the first sleeve, and a second sleeve disp...