ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,288, issued on July 14.

"Method for interconnecting floor drains" was invented by Keith Frank (Hesperus, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for interconnecting floor drains includes attaching a first elbow fitting to an existing floor drain through an existing floor. A second elbow fitting is attached to a new floor drain that is to extend through a new floor overlying the existing floor. An extension pipe extends between the spaced first and second elbow fittings to create a fluid pathway between the new floor drain and the existing floor drain."

The patent was filed on April 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/711,737.

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