US Patent Issued to Schenk Designs on Sept. 29 for "Inflation head accommodating both Schrader and Presta valves" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,893, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Schenk Designs LLC (Saratoga Springs, Utah).

"Inflation head accommodating both Schrader and Presta valves" was invented by Austin Schenk (Saratoga Springs, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflator head includes a body with an air inlet that receives pressurized gas from a source of pressurized gas, a sheath extending through the body, and a shaft slidably received by the sheath. The shaft includes a primary conduit extending a length of the shaft and opening to a first shaft end, as well as a inflation conduit extending through a sidewall of the shaft from an exterior of the sidewall ...