US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on Jan. 13 for "Fire protection floor nozzle, systems, and methods for floor nozzle spray systems" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,583, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Fire protection floor nozzle, systems, and methods for floor nozzle spray systems" was invented by Shawn J. Feenstra (Caledonia, Mich.) and Vinh Bao Hoa (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor nozzle assembly and systems and methods thereof for delivering a fire suppressant foam to a protected area. The nozzle assembly has a body and deflector in contact with one another to form a plurality of passageways through which a fire suppressant flows. The deflector has a deflector flange and a plurality of projecting m...