ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,417, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EXEL Industries (Epernay, France).
"Garden fluid flow connectors" was invented by Jack Wilson (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Robert Boughton (Birmingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garden fluid flow connector arrangement including a first connector portion and a second connector portion which is arranged to inter-engage with the first connector portion to form a fluid path through the connector arrangement. The first connector portion includes a first body portion and a locking portion mounted on the first body portion for rotation about an axis of the first body portion an...