US Patent Issued to Minimax Viking Patent Management on Feb. 17 for "Pendent vertical sidewall window sprinklers, systems and methods of fire protection" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,907, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Minimax Viking Patent Management GmbH (Bad Oldesloe, Germany).

"Pendent vertical sidewall window sprinklers, systems and methods of fire protection" was invented by Jonathan D. Drake (Potsdam, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pendent vertical sidewall fire protection sprinklers, systems and methods for the protection of windows are provided. The sprinklers include a fluid deflection member with an impact surface and an adjacent retention surface having one or more arcuate surface profiles to define a fluid throw channel. The sprinklers and their system installation provide for a maximum spri...