US Patent Issued to Winston Products on Sept. 16 for "Expandable hose" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,374, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Winston Products LLC (Cleveland).

"Expandable hose" was invented by Winston H. Breeden III (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Troy Hatcher (Bay Village, Ohio), Grant Hauk (Burlington, Ohio), Rick Gyure (Willoughby, Ohio), Curtis Taylor (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Mat Hanson (Lakewood, Ohio), Aaron Misener (Lakewood, Ohio) and Bob Mergenhagen (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hose including a first connector assembly including a regulator assembly, a second connector assembly, and a hose assembly coupled to the first and second connector assemblies. The hose assembly includes an...