US Patent Issued on Sept. 15 for "Space efficient gas valves for grills" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,772, issued on Sept. 15.

"Space efficient gas valves for grills" was invented by John R. Ciccone (Barrington, Ill.), Joshua Lee (Palatine, Ill.) and Sebastian Szulakiewicz (Mount Prospect, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Space efficient gas valves for grills are disclosed. An example gas valve includes a chamber, a flow control member, an inlet conduit, an outlet conduit, and a stem. The flow control member is disposed within the chamber and is rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The inlet conduit extends downwardly from the chamber and includes an inlet flow channel having an inlet. The outlet conduit exte...