US Patent Issued to GROHE on June 30 for "Method of manufacturing a faucet body for a sanitary faucet and a faucet body for a sanitary faucet" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,958, issued on June 30, was assigned to GROHE AG (Hemer, Germany).

"Method of manufacturing a faucet body for a sanitary faucet and a faucet body for a sanitary faucet" was invented by Carsten Romanowski (Iserlohn, Germany) and Christian Zimmermann (Hemer, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a faucet body (1) for a sanitary faucet, having at least the following steps: a) production of the faucet body (1) in an injection mold, wherein the injection mold at least partially forms a brushed texture (3) on a surface (2) of the faucet body (1); b) coating the faucet body (1) with at least one first layer (4) c...