ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,003, issued on July 21.
"Toilet ring device" was invented by William Crowley (Freetown, Mass.) and David Jay Barnard (Piedmont, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet ring device comprises a circular plate, an outer circular wall, an inner circular wall, a central hole, an annular channel, a plurality of holes and slots. The circular plate, the outer circular wall and the inner circular wall are configured to cover an existing toilet flange. The outer circular wall is connected with the circular plate. The outer circular wall is erected from the circular plate. The outer circular wall extends along an outer periphery of the cir...