ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,027, issued on April 21, was assigned to COM PAC FILTRATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Overflow system for recreational pools" was invented by Dean M. Atkinson (Jackonsville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overflow system for a recreational pool includes a drain configured to be mounted to a bottom of the recreational pool, and a drain pipe configured to extend substantially horizontally from the drain under a perimeter wall defining a boundary of the recreational pool to outside the boundary. The system also includes a standpipe configured to be positioned outside the boundary and having a first end and an open second end....