ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,656, issued on March 31.

"Pipe connection device for repairs" was invented by Ho Gun Chung (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a pipe connection device for repairs that connects first and second pipes by extending a length of inner and outer connection pipes, wherein the first and second pipes are connected using the inner and outer connection pipes in a state in which the inner and outer connection pipes are fixed while extended to be proportional to a length between the first and second pipes by a detachment preventing protrusion being caught in and fixed to a detachment preventing groove while an i...