US Patent Issued to W.E.Rawson on July 15 for "Pipe liner" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,256, issued on July 15, was assigned to W.E.Rawson Ltd. (Wakefield, Great Britain).

"Pipe liner" was invented by David Blades (Wakefield, Great Britain) and Alexander Johnson (Wakefield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe liner for lining the inside of a pipe, for example a water or sewerage pipe requiring repair. The pipe liner is mainly formed of a fabric sleeve, or a plurality of fabric sleeves, and comprises a ribbon or strip of fibrous material along a longitudinal seam which reinforces the longitudinal seam. The pipe liners may be suitable for use in repairing damaged or degraded pipes and may provide an improv...