ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,241, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).
"Rainwater reservoir" was invented by Klaus Gebert (Rettenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert (400) for a rainwater downpipe (300) is fluidly coupled between a first section (310) and a second section (320) of the rainwater downpipe (300). A rainwater reservoir (500) is defined within the insert (400) to store the rainwater received from the first section (310) therein. The rainwater reservoir (500) includes a side surface (510), a bottom surface (520) and an outlet opening (522) fluidly coupled to the second section (320). A valve element (5...