ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,534, issued on May 12, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

"Controller" was invented by Adam May (Bristol, Great Britain), Neil James Baxter (Gloucestershire, Great Britain) and Richard J. Mead (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for use in a wet environment is provided. The controller includes a manually operable input device coupled to a base housing. The manually operable input device includes a first manual input member and a second manual input member, where the second manual input member is movable relative to the first manual input member. The manually operable input ...