ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,344, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LEAFIELD MARINE Ltd. (Melksham hire, Great Britain).

"Release valve" was invented by Stephen Horn (Melksham, Great Britain), Wayne Young (Melksham, Great Britain), Steven Sobek (Melksham, Great Britain), David Dickins (Melksham, Great Britain), Nicholas Lockett (Melksham, Great Britain) and Jeff Vickers (Melksham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a release valve for releasing fluid from a source of compressed fluid for inflating an inflatable structure, comprising: a housing comprising an inlet for coupling to a source of compressed fluid, and an outlet; a flow cha...