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US 1,112,626 · App. 29/865,263 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Flush valve

Inventors: Andreas Bell (Cicero, IL); Michael Herbert (Naperville, IL); Gerard J. Mayer, III (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Zurn Water, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,112,626
App. No.
29/865,263
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a flush valve as shown and described.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSION OF AGENCY OF REEL/FRAME 066293/0879 Recorded Feb 20, 2026
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS PRIOR AGENT (F/K/A CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH)
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 074947/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2025
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN WATER, LLC
Reel/Frame 072546/0203 →
CONVERSION Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 066336/0603 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2024
From: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: ZURN WATER, LLC
Reel/Frame 066337/0918 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 18, 2023
From: ZURN WATER, LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066293/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2022
From: BELL, ANDREAS; HERBERT, MICHAEL; MAYER, GERARD J., III
To: ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 061431/0083 →
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