US Patent Issued to Danco on Sept. 8 for "Pop up stopper and seal" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,527, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Danco Inc. (Irving, Texas).

"Pop up stopper and seal" was invented by Jon Manoj (Mesquite, Texas) and Robert Jones Jr. (Rockwall, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pop up stopper comprising multiple aperture and at least one non-aperture lever rod engagement locations to allow use of the stopper as a replacement with different pre-existing actuating and drain systems when the existing stopper is broken, worn or needs to be replaced for aesthetic reasons. An existing lever rod is selectively positionable to engage with one of the lever rod engagement locations that are disposed at varying h...