US Patent Issued to Merrill Manufacturing on Oct. 27 for "Wall faucet assembly" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,590, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Merrill Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Storm Lake, Iowa).

"Wall faucet assembly" was invented by Stephen J. Anderson (Storm Lake, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of a wall faucet assembly are discussed herein, including an inner assembly that is configured to removably connect to an outer assembly. When connected, a water line connected to the outer assembly passes from the outer assembly to the inner assembly when the inner assembly is manipulated to an operative position. The inner assembly may not require a handle or key for operation and further provides a vacuum breaker to pre...