ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,762, issued on March 17.
"Freeze resistant wall hydrant" was invented by Herbert W. Hoeptner III (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A freeze resistant wall hydrant including an outdoor housing joined to the outer end of an outlet tube for securing to a building and a fitting joined to the inner end of the outlet tube for coupling to a water supply. The fitting includes a fluid closure valve having a valve part movable between first and second positions for closing and opening the valve. A stem extends through the outlet tube and has an outer end coupled to a handle of the outdoor housing and an inner end coupled to the v...