US Patent Issued to Champion Industries on Jan. 13 for "Soaker sinks and fluid distribution assemblies" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,984, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Champion Industries Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Soaker sinks and fluid distribution assemblies" was invented by Andrew N. Walker (Ararat, N.C.) and Kenneth M. Leftwich (Mount Airy, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example soaker sink may include a sink basin that receives wash items therein and defines an inlet opening. The soaker sink may further include a manifold that defines an inlet opening, an interior that receives a fluid flow input via the inlet opening, and a plurality of outlets. The outlets may permit discharge of fluid from the interior of the manifold to the sink basin and ...