ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,382, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ELEY Corp. (Reno, Nev.).
"Frost resistant hose fitting" was invented by Craig D. Eley (Reno, Nev.), Darin Schollmeyer (Creighton, Neb.) and Kyle Eley (Washoe Valley, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hose fitting includes a fitting body, having an inlet opening, an expansion opening, and an outlet opening. An expansion disc is coupled with the expansion opening and is formed from a deformably resilient material. A portion of the expansion disc expands outwardly from the fitting body, when pressure within the fitting body increases, increasing a volume of the fitting body. The expansion di...