ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,047, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to COX GOETTL VALVE LLC (Phoenix).
"Pool cycling valve" was invented by Steven James Goettl (Phoenix) and John M. Goettl (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pool cycling valve with a valve body, a ratchet assembly, and a bottom plate. The valve body has an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports. The ratchet assembly is rotatably coupled to the valve body and has a ratchet arm extending away from the ratchet assembly. When in a closed position, the ratchet assembly is configured to interfere with a stream of water. When in a open position, the ratchet assembly is rotated from the closed...