ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,206, issued on June 30.
"Corporation stop and adjustable saddle apparatus and method" was invented by Brunson Nichols (Andalusia, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corporation stop and adjustable saddle apparatus method with an adjustable saddle configured to encircle a fluid pipe with an outside diameter, where the adjustable saddle is adjustable to encircle a fluid pipe with one outside diameter as well as a fluid pipe with a larger or smaller outside diameter and a corporation stop, with a face seal, connected with the adjustable saddle such that attaching the adjustable saddle to a fluid pipe presses the face seal against a p...