ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,365, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Fire protection sprinkler assemblies and installations with adjustable push-to-connect fittings" was invented by George B. Coletta (West Warwick, R.I.), Robert Kyle Fullerton (Matthews, N.C.), Scott Alan Going (Lubbock, Texas), Michael W. Horgan (East Greenwich, R.I.), Alaine Christine Liotta (Conshohocken, Pa.), Gary James Luiz (Warwick, R.I.), Todd F. Orsini (Sterling, Mass.), Darren Palmieri (Chalfont, Pa.), Dennis Michael Phillips (Mount Juliet, Tenn.), Kevin Wade Pressnell (Athens, Ala.) and Manuel R. Silva Jr. (Cranston, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...