ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,827, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FLUIDMASTER INC. (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

"Omni configured flapper systems for various flush valve sizes and methods of retrofit" was invented by Tuan Le (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Joseph Han (Irvine, Calif.), Leland Wong (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Daniel McAuley (Irvine, Calif.), Jack Nguyen (San Clemente, Calif.), Daniel McFarland (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Krishna Arkalgud (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Ben Ton (Santa Ana, Calif.), Dan Lohde (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Mike Robbins (Eastvale, Calif.) and William Martin (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dis...