ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,443, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).
"Method of repairing a pipe" was invented by Aurelian Ioan Furcoiu (Oswego, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of repairing a pipe includes providing a pipe repair device, the pipe repair device comprising a spring and a gasket, the gasket defining a gasket top end, a gasket bottom end, and a gasket outer surface, wherein the gasket outer surface defines a plurality of raised ridges and recessed dimples; biasing the pipe repair device to an expanded configuration with the spring inside of the pipe; engaging the raised ridges of the gasket outer sur...