ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,211, issued on May 13, was assigned to Kronebusch Industries LLC (Rochester, Minn.).
"Fire extinguisher manifold" was invented by Allen R. Kronebusch (Oronoco, Minn.) and Lisa M. Anderson (Owatonna, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold includes a main body and a plurality of fire-extinguishing container receptacles defined in the main body, each being configured to receive a fire-extinguishing agent container. The manifold includes a plurality of valves in communication with the plurality of fire-extinguishing container receptacles. The plurality of valves each are connected to an auxiliary fluid passage. The manifold incl...