US Patent Issued to Watts Regulator on May 20 for "Backflow prevention assembly having a variable lay-length and orientation" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,782, issued on May 20, was assigned to Watts Regulator Co. (North Andover, Mass.).

"Backflow prevention assembly having a variable lay-length and orientation" was invented by Jason Doughty (Fitchburg, Mass.), Ian David Baynes (Merrimac, Mass.), Joseph Michael Burke (Deerfield, N.H.), Frank Dibenedetto (North Andover, Mass.) and Muhannad A. Bagegni (Pelham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backflow prevention assembly is configurable with varying lay-lengths and orientations. The assembly includes coupling assemblies and valve bodies that adjust in length and/or rotation to allow for the varying lay-lengths and orientations of th...