ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,211, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Decast Ltd. (Utopia, Canada).

"Catch basin trap with collapsible outlet pipe connector and method of making a catch basin" was invented by Mario Recchia (Toronto), Ian Murray Brown (Barrie, Canada) and Tony Parisi (Barrie, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catch basin trap for attachment to an opening in a side wall of a catch basin. The catch basin trap has a body with a front side for facing outside the catch basin, and a back for side facing inside the catch basin. The body defines a chamber, an inlet opening in the back side, and an outlet opening in the front side. A collapsible outl...