ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,425, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to RAIN HARVESTING PTY LTD (Milton, Australia).
"Tank inlet filters" was invented by Shaun Crossman (Milton, Australia) and Anton Lee See (Milton, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tank screen (10) having at least one contact region or contact area (14) for positioning the tank screen relative to a tank inlet, a solid wall (16) having a portion extending above the at least one contact area or contact region (14), and a mesh screen (18) for filtering leaves from water entering the rainwater tank, the mesh screen (18)comprising a mesh side wall (20) that has an upper region located above th...