US Patent Issued to IPEX USA on July 22 for "Adapter for concealed sprinkler" (Rhode Island, Connecticut, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,891, issued on July 22, was assigned to IPEX USA LLC (Pineville, N.C.).

"Adapter for concealed sprinkler" was invented by Steven L. Shields (Lubbock, Texas), William K. Rucker (Cranston, R.I.) and Lyle J. Miller (Milford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler adapter includes a first pipe receiver, a second pipe receiver, a channel, a first sprinkler port, and a second sprinkler port. The first pipe receiver couples with a first pipe. The second pipe receiver couples with a second pipe. The channel extends between the first pipe receiver and the second pipe receiver along a pipe axis. The first sprinkler port is fluidly co...