ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,955, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Simplicity Integration LLC (Houston).
"Flood monitoring unit and system" was invented by Mark J. Avery (Sugarland, Texas), Stephen R. Tennis II (Richmond, Texas) and Michael M. Reese (Sunnyvale, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated flood monitoring unit comprises a sensor capable of at least detecting one or more floodwater levels or measuring water levels and assembly of a data acquisition module, and a wireless transmitter that is specially adapted to be mounted one top and at least partially inside of a hollow pole secured in a vertical orientation at a fixed geographical locat...