US Patent Issued to Rain Bird on May 13 for "Weather override irrigation control systems and methods" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,295, issued on May 13, was assigned to Rain Bird Corp. (Azusa, Calif.).

"Weather override irrigation control systems and methods" was invented by Jorge A. Marsano (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Joseph G. Porrazzo (Sahuarita, Ariz.), John E. Price (Tucson, Ariz.) and Hari Reddy (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, provide an irrigation sensor system, comprising: a rain funnel comprising an upper opening and at least one wall tapering from the upper opening to a lower aperture; and a tipping bucket positioned to receive water falling from the lower aperture while the tipping bucket is positioned such that a central ...