US Patent Issued to Franke Technology and Trademark on Sept. 1 for "Fitting, piece of bathroom or kitchen furniture comprising said fitting, and method for opening and closing a drain in a piece of bathroom or kitchen furniture" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,390, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Fitting, piece of bathroom or kitchen furniture comprising said fitting, and method for opening and closing a drain in a piece of bathroom or kitchen furniture" was invented by Francesco Montanaro (Aarburg, Switzerland) and Rolf Neeser (Reidermoos, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitting (10), in particular for a piece of kitchen or bathroom furniture (40), having a main body (11) which in the assembled state of the fitting (10) protrudes substantially perpendicularly from an assembly face (30), and having an activation...