US Patent Issued to Rain Bird on June 10 for "Sensor-based interruption of an irrigation controller" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,745, issued on June 10, was assigned to Rain Bird Corp. (Azusa, Calif.).

"Sensor-based interruption of an irrigation controller" was invented by Steven W. Weiler (Escondido, Calif.) and Joseph G. Porrazzo Jr. (Sahuarita, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a system and method for interfacing with an irrigation controller based on rainfall, the system comprising: an interface unit including a housing and a control unit within the housing and configured to: cause an interruption of one or more watering schedules executed by the irrigation controller, which is separate from the interface unit, based on signalin...