ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,161, issued on April 14, was assigned to Delta Faucet Co. (Indianapolis).
"Faucet mounting system" was invented by Ryan Keith Hellyer (Carmel, Ind.) and David Lee (Westfield, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet mounting system including a mounting shank including external threads and configured to be coupled to a mounting deck. A securement device is operably coupled to the mounting shank and includes internal threads. The internal threads of the securement device are engaged with the external threads of the mounting shank in a first mode. The internal threads of the securement device are disengaged from the external thread...