ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,225, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GROHE AG (Hemer, Germany).
"Outlet element for a drinking water dispenser" was invented by David Mainka (Iserlohn, Germany), Matthias Schluter (Dortmund, Germany), Frank Spiekermann (Menden, Germany) and Felix Muhling (Menden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet element for a drinking-water dispenser containing a first water route formed by the outlet element and opening on a first exit plane, water flowing through the first water route being dispensed via the outlet element, a second water route formed by the outlet element and opening on a second exit plane, water flowing through...