US Patent Issued to Mueller International on March 3 for "Grip ring" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,954, issued on March 3, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Grip ring" was invented by Ryan Fairchild Larson (Decatur, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grip ring includes a substantially frustoconical metal ring body defining a diameter that tapers from a first lateral end of the ring body to a second lateral end of the ring body opposite the first lateral end, the ring body further defining a first circumferential end, a second circumferential end opposite the first circumferential end, an inner surface defining a guide ring opening, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and a gap defined between th...