US Patent Issued to Zurn Water on Sept. 8 for "Check valve for backflow preventer" (Pennsylvania, California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,774, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Zurn Water LLC (Milwaukee).

"Check valve for backflow preventer" was invented by Timothy Hurt (Langhome, Pa.), Travis Williams (Paso Robles, Calif.), Christopher J. Corral (Paso Robles, Calif.), Kevin P. Brouwers (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Ersen Boran (Warminster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A check valve is provided to prevent backflow of fluid in a backflow preventer or plumbing system having a housing and a fluid flow channel therethrough. The check valve includes a valve seat, a poppet movable between a closed position where the poppet is positioned against the valve seat and inhibits f...