ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,328, issued on July 14, was assigned to POOL GAZOO (Flagler Beach, Fla.).

"Programmable pressurized water distribution apparatus for in-floor pool cleaning systems using electrically controlled valves" was invented by Leif Arthur Halvorsen (Palm Coast, Fla.) and Leif Anker Halvorsen Jr. (Newark, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-floor pool cleaning system for controllably directing pressurized water from a pump to surface regions of a pool or spa. The system comprises a plurality of zone outlets each terminating at a nozzle disposed in a surface of the pool or spa and each controlled to an opened condition responsive to a con...