ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,145, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to BEIJING KOHLER LTD. (Beijing).
"Conduit retractor" was invented by Xiugui Wang (Beijing), Peng Zhang (Beijing), Hui Li (Beijing) and Guang Cheng (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractor assembly includes a housing, a cover, a rotary plate, a swing arm, an outlet pipe, and an elastic drive member. The housing includes a cavity. The rotary plate is pivotally mounted within the cavity. The swing arm is pivotally mounted and includes a guide protrusion. The elastic drive member is configured to bias the rotary plate toward a reset position. A side of the rotary plate includes an outer gu...