ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,820, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Kristy Cote (Alberta, Canada).
"Sprinkler apparatus and system for irrigation" was invented by Cameron Cote (Cochrane, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler apparatus, a flow rate control valve assembly, and a sprinkler irrigation system for providing an even distribution of water across an asymmetrically shaped water receiving area. The sprinkler apparatus comprises a pop-up sprinkler head with a base housing for confiningly receiving a pressurized water flow that actuates a nozzle housing slidingly and rotationally cooperating with the base housing to pop-up into an operating posi...