ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,191, issued on April 7, was assigned to Eljen Corp. (Windsor, Conn.).

"Wastewater unit with internal sandwiched connector" was invented by James M. King (Ellington, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for maintaining a module in a fluid treatment unit has a web extending axially relative to an axially extending pipe and a fin extending laterally. The unit is configured to attach to the pipe via the web with the fin extending laterally. Core sheets or other support material is positioned on the pipe on each side of the fin with the pipe extending therethrough to define a support unit of the module. Fabric is wrapped aroun...