ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,560, issued on Feb. 17.
"Mixing valve adapter" was invented by Tim O'Connor (Lewellen, Neb.) and Shawn Stapp (Strasburg, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing valve adapter is disclosed to connect water lines from a mixing valve to a sink faucet. An example of the mixing valve adapter includes an adapter body for connection between the mixing valve and the sink faucet. Valve connections of the adapter body connect to the respective water source connections and the mixing valve. Faucet connections on the adapter body connect to the sink faucet. The faucet connections have reinforcement structures. One of the valve connections ...