ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,926, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).
"Configurable manifold water distribution system" was invented by Michael John Thomas (Bentonville, Ark.), Alan Norton (Bentonville, Ark.) and Gabriel Massa (Bentonville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples provide an apparatus having a first accumulator that water received from a first supply line. A first conduit connects to the first accumulator and provides a second supply line from the first accumulator to a fixture. The second accumulator receives drainage water from the fixture. The second conduit connects to the second accumulator and inc...