US Patent Issued to WATTS REGULATOR on March 31 for "Check cover assemblies for backflow prevention assemblies with integrated test cock protection shroud" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,641, issued on March 31, was assigned to WATTS REGULATOR Co. (North Andover, Mass.).

"Check cover assemblies for backflow prevention assemblies with integrated test cock protection shroud" was invented by Jason Doughty (Fitchburg, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A check cover assembly for a backflow prevention assembly having a body defining an interior housing a test cock. The check cover assembly includes a ball with a central aperture and a complementary groove in an outer circumference of the ball as well as a base including a shroud portion housing the ball to create a ball valve. The shroud portion defines an access gap f...