ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,785, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (UK) Limited (Middlesex, Great Britain).
"Plumbing connector" was invented by Glen Ansell (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe connector having a body with a tubular part to seal with a pipe. The tubular part has an outer face with a projecting feature to seal with the pipe. A collet is fixed to the body and spaced from the tubular part to form a cavity for the pipe. A locking cap is captive on and screwed onto collet to deflect the collet onto the pipe and the pipe onto the tubular part to seal between the body and the pipe. The collet has through slots ...