ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,996, issued on April 21.
"Faucet with orientation-based flow rate control" was invented by Randolph Henry Gerner (New York) and Ryan Christopher Tatzel (Babylon, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet is disclosed comprising a main body having a lower inlet operative to receive a waterway and an upper outlet. A spout has a first portion connected to the upper outlet of the main body and operative to receive water flowing from the waterway, and a second portion extending along a plane outward from the main body and operative to allow water from the waterway to flow therethrough. A spout tip connected to the second portion of th...