ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,720, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Melnor Inc. (Winchester, Va.).
"Angularly adjusted spray nozzle" was invented by Ha V Duong (Winchester, Va.), Vicky A Michael (Winchester, Va.), Juergen Nies (Winchester, Va.) and Mark Hoyle (Winchester, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some illustrative embodiments, an angularly adjustable spray nozzle is employed that includes: a base section having a water flow path extending lengthwise there-through; a head section aligned at an end of the base section and rotatably mounted to the base section; wherein a flow path through the base section is inclined at an angle to a flow pa...