ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,528, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Fluidmaster Inc. (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).
"Lever assembly" was invented by Tuan Le (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Advait Bhatt (Chino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems described herein are direct to an external lever configured to be positioned external to a toilet tank and actuated by a user to cause a toilet tank to flush. A first component comprising a first longitudinal member may couple to the external lever. A second component comprising a second longitudinal member may engage the first component at a perpendicular angle with respect to the first longitudinal...