ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,681, issued on March 11, was assigned to PRUITT TOOL & SUPPLY Co. (Fort Smith, Ark.).
"Adapter assembly" was invented by Grant Pruitt (Fort Smith, Ark.) and Cris Braun (Van Buren, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The adapter assembly extends outward from an inner structure such as an outer barrel or nipple base to attach the inner structure to a housing such as a bowl. Each sized inner structure fits a specified bowl for attachment of the inner structure to the bowl. The adapter assembly extends outward from the inner structure to fit one of the available sizes needed for attachment to the bowl. The adapter assembly is characteri...