ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,084, issued on March 25, was assigned to Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (Hilliard, Ohio).
"Pipe with an outer wrap" was invented by Bill Russell Vanhoose (Findlay, Ohio), Nicholas James Piazza (Findlay, Ohio), Ronald Robert Vitarelli (Marlborough, Conn.), Owen Michael Atchison (Van Buren, Ohio) and Tyler James Frost (Upper Sandusky, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to corrugated pipe, and more particularly to corrugated pipe with an outer wrap. In one embodiment, a pipe includes an axially extended bore defined by a corrugated outer wall having axially adjacent, outwardly-extending corrugation cr...