US Patent Issued to Kohler on April 14 for "Shower column assembly" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,430, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Shower column assembly" was invented by Brandon H. Miller (Sheboygan, Wis.), Liam J. MacGillivray (Palatine, Ill.) and Jack E. Davies (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick-connect system for a plumbing fixture includes an arm attachment, an intermediate fitting, and a collar. A first end of the arm attachment is mountable to a fluid conduit. At least a portion of the arm attachment at a second end of the arm attachment is sized to be received within the intermediate fitting and the collar. The collar is configured to slidably engage with the inter...