ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,162, issued on April 14, was assigned to Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC (Deerfield, Ill.).
"Connector for supply system of a faucet" was invented by Ki Y. So (Seven Hills, Ohio) and Aaron G. Hepler (Avon Lake, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a connector for a faucet that provides a single wand hose having two separate flow paths extending therethrough to a wand. The connector directs a first fluid supply through a first inlet and a second fluid supply through a second inlet. The first fluid supply is directed through an inner hose extending through the wand hose defining a first flow path. Th...