US Patent Issued to Valmont Industries on March 4 for "Apparatus for providing power and peripheral mounting within an irrigation assembly" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,128, issued on March 4, was assigned to Valmont Industries Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Apparatus for providing power and peripheral mounting within an irrigation assembly" was invented by Kirk Richardson (Missouri Valley, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides the present invention provides a power and data distribution system which includes an adjustable surface for mounting device peripherals such as sensors, lights, solar panels and the like. According to a first preferred embodiment, an exemplary system includes: a distribution cord which includes a power cord and a data cord; and a connection hub which is lo...