ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,768, issued on March 17, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).
"Touchless toilet assembly" was invented by Mahendra Gunawardena (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Robert M. Jensen (East Brunswick, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touchless siphon valve assembly for a toilet assembly having a toilet tank, the touchless siphon valve assembly comprising a control assembly and a siphon valve assembly, wherein the control assembly comprises a capacitive sensor, a controller, and a power source, and the siphon valve assembly comprises a tubular core, a head coupled to and surrounding an upper end of the tubular core, a spray init...