ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,419, issued on April 14, was assigned to USSI LLC (Venice, Fla.).

"Removable valve plug assembly" was invented by Dion Vlasak (Venice, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a removable plug assembly configured to inhibit debris from passing through is provided. The removable plug assembly includes a support member portion and a plug portion. The support member portion has a plurality of support members extending outward from a center portion. The plug portion has a continuous wall sloping in an inwardly central axis direction from a top surface to a bottom surface. The top surface defining ...