ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,291, issued on May 27, was assigned to Pentair Residential Filtration LLC (Glendale, Wis.).
"Water filtration system and method" was invented by Richard Reckin (Glendale, Wis.) and Tedd M. Schneidewend (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular water filtration system including a filter manifold and a filter cartridge is provided. The filter manifold includes a body, a first arm member, a second arm member, a brace, and a slot positioned on the brace. The filter cartridge includes a cartridge head and a fin member protruding upwardly from the cartridge head, and the fin member is sized to be received within the slot of the f...