ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,148, issued on Sept. 15.
"Sprinkler valve blowout plate" was invented by Kody J. Ketterling (Twin Falls, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blowout plate for removable attachment to the top surface an inline irrigation valve that has had its top works removed includes a generally elliptical plate having a centrally located outlet hole. The outlet hole is designed to be at least partially aligned with an outflow path of the valve. A plurality of apertures defining a variable mating profile for the blowout plate are defined through the plate proximate an outer perimeter of the plate. The variable mating profile is generated by uni...