US Patent Issued to VICTAULIC on June 24 for "Enhanced stability gasket and coupling" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,920, issued on June 24, was assigned to VICTAULIC COMPANY (Easton, Pa.).

"Enhanced stability gasket and coupling" was invented by Philip Wayne Bancroft (Belvidere, N.J.) and Matthew A. Bowman (Palmer, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling for joining pipe elements has cast segments attached end to end surrounding a central space. The segments define a channel that receives a gasket. Side surfaces within the channel have angularly oriented capture surfaces which are engaged by bulbous rims on the gasket which prevent the gasket from being dislodged from the channel when at least one pipe element is inserted into the central sp...