ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,216, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to EKO TECH INC. (Boise, Idaho).
"Presence activated flow control system" was invented by Richard Ringelstetter (Boise, Idaho), Jason Ringelstetter (Boise, Idaho) and Geoff Maestas (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for automatically controlling the flow of water in a showering environment includes an electrically controlled valve coupling a water inlet to a discharge head. A sensor array is positioned within the showering environment and has a multitude of sensors that are each directed to sense heat from a distinct location within the showering environment. A controller couple...