US Patent Issued to AS America on June 17 for "Universal rough-in valve manifold" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,496, issued on June 17, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Universal rough-in valve manifold" was invented by Hsiao Chang Li (Edison, N.J.) and Walter Pitsch (Washington, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal rough-in valve (20) includes a valve chamber (34) configured to receive a valve manifold (72). The universal rough-in valve includes a first valve inlet (22) configured to provide a pathway for fluid from a first supply line to the valve chamber and a second valve inlet (24) configured to provide a pathway for fluid from a second supply line to the valve chamber. The universal rough-in valve includes ...