US Patent Issued to Acorn Engineering on May 5 for "Compact water bottle filling station and retrofitting method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,663, issued on May 5, was assigned to Acorn Engineering Co. (City of Industry, Calif.).

"Compact water bottle filling station and retrofitting method" was invented by Donald E. Morris (Newport Coast, Calif.) and Darryl M. Boeltl (Whittier, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact water bottle filling station for mounting to a wall. The station includes a frame supported on the wall by a wall hanger bracket and a basin supported by the frame. The basin includes a receiptacle located between a front lip and a rear edge of the basin, which define a lateral distance therebetween. A cover surrounds the frame on at least three sides a...