US Patent Issued to The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler on Oct. 27 for "Ceiling-only fire protection sprinkler system for a storage area having a configuration of rack storage or floor storage" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,587, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co. Inc. (Liberty, S.C.).

"Ceiling-only fire protection sprinkler system for a storage area having a configuration of rack storage or floor storage" was invented by Phillip Friday (Liberty, S.C.), Juan Jimenez (Liberty, S.C.) and Steven Wolin (Clemson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling-only fire protection sprinkler system for a storage area having a storage height up to forty-three feet (thirteen and one tenth meters) and a ceiling height exceeding forty-five feet (thirteen and seven tenths meters). The storage area includes floor storage or rack st...