ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. RE51,044, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to WALK INDUSTRIAL INC. (Temecula, Calif.).
"Filtration assembly and system" was invented by Tyler G. Walk (Mattoon, Ill.) and Mitch P. Walk (Temecula, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter includes filter media and defines an inner plenum. The inner plenum has a cross-sectional dimension extending crosswise of the filter. The cross-sectional dimension decreases from adjacent the upstream side toward to downstream wall to a location disposed intermediate the upstream side and the downstream wall. The cross-sectional dimension of the inner plenum increases from adjacent the intermediate lo...