ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,597, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Liquified Solutions LLC (Clearwater, Fla.).

"Water flow shutoff system" was invented by Todd Sakow (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Timothy Sakow (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Matthew Stepanik (Palm Harbor, Fla.) and Jeremy Nashed (Tierra Verde, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water flow control system having a vessel disposed within a toilet tank. A float is positioned within the vessel, such that the float is configured to rise and descend based on the water level within the vessel. When the vessel is filled with water, the float is in its raised position, in which the arm connected to the float closes ...