ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,362, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DURAVIT AG (Hornberg, Germany).

"Fastening device for a seat fitting or lid fitting on a sanitary object, and sanitary arrangement comprising a sanitary object and a seat fitting or lid fitting" was invented by Rudiger Demmel (Frasdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening device for a seat fitting or lid fitting on a sanitary object, comprising a threaded rod which has an external threaded portion and an internal threaded bore and which engages through a through-hole in the sanitary object in the mounted position, a first and a second abutment element which in the mounted position ...