US Patent Issued to BRITA on Sept. 1 for "Water tap and method for operating the water tap" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,386, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to BRITA SE (Taunusstein, Germany).

"Water tap and method for operating the water tap" was invented by Oliver Machui (Bad Homburg, Germany), Gregor Stiehl (Hunfelden, Germany) and Johann Heger (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a water tap, in particular a hot water tap, including a dispensing step in which water is dispensed from the water tap. Initiation of the dispensing step requires several preceding steps, including an actuation of a first actuating element and an actuation of a second actuating element. Within an actuation step, the actuation of...