ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,592, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Acorn Engineering Co. (City of Industry, Calif.).

"Water providing station" was invented by Darryl M. Boeltl (Whittier, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water providing station having a housing that supports a basin. A water dispensing mechanism is associated with the basin and is coupled to a water supply line located within the housing. A filter is also coupled to the water supply line. Mounted to a portion of the housing is a door that is moveable between open and closed positions. The filter is mounted to and supported by the door for movement moved with the door between the open an...