US Patent Issued to Sioux Chief on June 2 for "Plastic closet carrier fitting" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,269, issued on June 2, was assigned to Sioux Chief Mfg. Co. Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"Plastic closet carrier fitting" was invented by Cory Adams (Raymore, Mo.), Brian E. Ismert (Belton, Mo.), Christopher J. Ismert (Kansas City, Mo.) and Jeremiah T. Winnat (Garden City, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water closet carrier assembly is used for supporting a wall-mounted toilet and flow connecting the wall-mounted toilet to a waste drain line. The water closet carrier assembly includes a faceplate having a front face with a drain opening that sealingly joins to a distal end of a closet carrier nipple. A second distal end of the close...