ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,699, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Remote-operated flushing system" was invented by Clay Evan Bowman (Ooltewah, Tenn.), Harold Thomas Mosley (Ooltewah, Tenn.) and Timothy Bain Ervin (Apison, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example aspects of a remote-operated flushing system and a method of operating a flushing system are disclosed. The remote-operated flushing system can comprise a fluid routing assembly comprising a valve, the valve configurable in an open configuration, wherein fluid is permitted to flow through the fluid routing assembly, and a closed configuration, wherein the fl...