US Patent Issued to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS on June 2 for "Hooked pipe coupling" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,546, issued on June 2, was assigned to ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Hooked pipe coupling" was invented by Jordan Cameron Belen (West Warwick, R.I.), Stephen Eric Scott (North Kingstown, R.I.) and Matthew William McNamara (Portsmouth, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hooked pipe coupling includes a first pipe coupling segment comprising a first arcuate body portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first hook extending from the first end, and a first fastener lug extending from the second end, the first arcuate body portion defining a first sloped ledge surface; and a second pipe c...