ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,315, issued on July 28, was assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP (Cranston, R.I.).
"Quick connect sprinkler" was invented by Jeremy Cogswell (Johnston, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling assembly includes a sprinkler and a fitting. The sprinkler includes an inlet end defining a sprinkler interface on a protrusion. The fitting extends from a first end that receives the pipe to a second end that includes a fitting interface. The inlet end of the sprinkler couples with the second end and the fitting interface of the fitting couples with the sprinkler interface. The fitting interface and the sprinkler interface limit rotation of...