ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,299, issued on March 24, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
"Plumbing or ablutionary system" was invented by Sean Conway (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plumbing or ablutionary system is provided, in which a water supply stream flow path from a water supply inlet to a water supply outlet, such that a water supply stream flowing in a water supply pipe is in an antiparallel counterflow heat exchanging relationship with a waste water stream flowing along a length of a serpentine portion of a waste water conduit. When the waste water stream has a higher temperature than the water su...