ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,402, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Blucher Metal A/S (Vildbjerg, Denmark).
"Fast installation cap and drain" was invented by Stuart Gordon Young (Cheshire, Great Britain) and Gary A. Hodge (Rutherfordton, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongated floor cleanout assembly includes a drain assembly. The drain assembly has a body assembly and a grating cover secured to the body assembly by at least one screw. The drain assembly also has a cap enclosing the drain assembly and secured to the grating cover by the at least one screw. The cap defines at least one slit having an arcuate portion and an end. The at least one screw is c...