ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,616, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Pressure monitoring system for wet barrel hydrant" was invented by Carlos Stephen Moreno (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Timofey Sitnikov (Warroad, Minn.), Paul S. Gifford (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Daryl Lee Gibson (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Diego Aguilera (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure monitoring system for a wet barrel hydrant includes an outer housing comprising a substantially cylindrical sidewall shell and a cap coupled to the substantially cylindrical sidewall shell, a center axis extending centrally through the pressure monitoring syst...