ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,482, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Goettl Design Group LLC.
"In-floor swimming pool cleaning head with reversible bayonet" was invented by Steven James Goettl (Phoenix) and John M. Goettl (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An incrementally rotating in-floor swimming pool cleaning head with retainer body, a nozzle stem, a ratcheting pin, a plurality of cam teeth configured to engage the ratcheting pin, wherein the nozzle stem is configured to reciprocally ratchet, a top ring, and a reversible bayonet. The reversible bayonet includes a plurality of lugs on an inner surface of the reversible bayonet, the plurality of lugs clos...