US Patent Issued to Orenco Systems on Sept. 15 for "Septic tank effluent filters" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,467, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Orenco Systems Inc. (Sutherlin, Ore.).

"Septic tank effluent filters" was invented by Eric S. Ball (Roseburg, Ore.) and Terry R Bounds (Roseburg, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter vaults are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the filter vault includes an at least partially impervious and at least partially submersible filter housing. The housing includes an inlet opening that permits unfiltered wastewater having suspended solids to enter the housing. The filter vault further includes a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes one or more filter elements positioned within ...