ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,428, issued on April 14, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).
"Meter swivel nut" was invented by Ryan Fairchild Larson (Decatur, Ill.), James Webber (Decatur, Ill.) and Celia Kaye Atherton (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spoked swivel nut includes a nut body defining an inner nut surface, an outer nut surface, a nut front end, and a nut rear end opposite the nut front end, the nut inner surface defining a nut bore extending from the nut front end to the nut rear end, the nut inner surface further defining an annular ring groove proximate to the nut rear end and internal threading proximate to the...