US Patent Issued to BOBRICK WASHROOM EQUIPMENT on Dec. 30 for "Tubular member flange attachment and methods of attaching a flange to a tubular member" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,642, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BOBRICK WASHROOM EQUIPMENT INC. (North Hollywood, Calif.).

"Tubular member flange attachment and methods of attaching a flange to a tubular member" was invented by Michael Nygard (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Ronald Miller (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Timothy Lesson (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular member and flange combination includes a tubular member having a buckled section proximate an end of the tubular member. A flange is penetrated by an end of the tubular member where an end section of the tubular member is bent over the flange such that the flange is axially retained b...