ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,338, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Seaflo Marine & RV North America LLC (South Bend, Ind.).
"Bilge system" was invented by Christopher Kapsaskis (Freehold, N.J.), Joseph Cirillo (Manalapan, N.J.), Zachary Grassi (Freehold, N.J.), John Kosowski (Oak Brook, Ill.) and Ye Yaoru (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bilge pump system for removing residual fluid from a vessel surface, includes at least one collection unit having a collection base with a collection inlet and a collection outlet, and a pump having a pump inlet flow-connected by at least one tube to the collection outlet. A discharge tube is flow-connected to t...