US Patent Issued to Franklin Electric on July 14 for "Water treatment distributor" (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,715, issued on July 14, was assigned to Franklin Electric Co. Inc. (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

"Water treatment distributor" was invented by Shawn B. Massie (St. Paris, Ohio), Nathanael P. Calloway (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Dennis Glenn Babbs (Colon, Mich.) and Jose Gabriel Davila Rangel (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distributor tube assembly for a water softener system has upper and lower baskets that provide superior performance in a universal form factor that allows it to be installed in standard tanks with standard-sized ports or openings. The upper and lower baskets provide spiral-shaped slots and varying angled slot prof...