ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,298, issued on March 24, was assigned to WATTS REGULATOR Co. (North Andover, Mass.).
"Backflow alert system" was invented by Joseph Michael Burke (Deerfield, N.H.), Ian David Baynes (Merrimac, Mass.) and Steven Castrigno (Chester, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler backflow alert system includes a sprinkler system, a building fire panel, a backflow preventor including at least one shut-off valve, a fluid detection system, and a tamper switch. The backflow preventor may be fluidly coupled upstream of the sprinkler system. The fluid detection system is configured to detect a discharge of water from the backflow preventor ...