ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,215, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CLEMENT INC. (Flushing, N.Y.).
"Locking mechanism for installing faucet above countertop" was invented by Changzheng Ni (Xiamen, China), Chunhua Wang (Xiamen, China) and Yongqiang Yan (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a locking mechanism for installing a faucet above a countertop, including a water outlet assembly, a bottom plate assembly engaged with and mounted to the water outlet assembly, and at least one locking block slidably and operably arranged on the bottom plate assembly; an installation hole with a diameter smaller than the length of the l...