ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,883, issued on Nov. 3.
"Adapter for a control stop of a flushometer" was invented by Barry Lee Ward Jr. (White House, Tenn.), Frank Joseph D'Allaird (White House, Tenn.) and Kevin Matthew D'Allaird (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit adapter for forming a fluid connection between a three-quarter of an inch conduit and a commercial control stop one and one-quarter of an inch coupling threads. The conduit adapter provides a through bore extend between a first end and a second end of the conduit adapter. The first end has a cylindrical fitting dimensioned and configured to fluidly couple to the coupling threads of t...