US Patent Issued to Irriglide on April 29 for "Heating device for use with irrigation tubing, pipe, and components" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,805, issued on April 29, was assigned to Irriglide LLC (Encinitas, Calif.).

"Heating device for use with irrigation tubing, pipe, and components" was invented by Vance D. Campbell (Encinitas, Calif.), Cory McClusky (Encinitas, Calif.) and Joe Nebolon (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for heating the ends of irrigation piping or drip line irrigation tubing, comprising: a heating element; a housing for the heating element; and a power source for the heating element. The housing for the heating element is configured to receive drip line irrigation...