US Patent Issued to S&B Technical Products on June 17 for "Sealing gasket with plastic retainer ring for plastic pipeline systems having pre-formed sockets" (Costa Rican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,856, issued on June 17, was assigned to S&B Technical Products Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Sealing gasket with plastic retainer ring for plastic pipeline systems having pre-formed sockets" was invented by Mark A. Weih (San Jose, Costa Rica) and Guido Quesada (Santa Ana, Costa Rica).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing gasket is shown which is designed to be used in making up a sealed pipe joint in a plastic pipeline conveying fluids, such as a water or sewer pipeline. The sealing gasket is a two-component gasket with an elastomeric component and a plastic component. The elastomeric component is stretched over a portion of the plast...