US Patent Issued to Kohler on April 7 for "Variable flow rate hand showers and showerheads" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,562, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Variable flow rate hand showers and showerheads" was invented by Matthew Ball (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower device includes an elongated hollow waterway, a spray head configured to emit water, and a valve. The elongated hollow waterway extends in a longitudinal direction and has a first end configured to receive water, a second end, and an internal fluid passage extending from the first end to the second end. The second end has a port extending in a radial direction from the internal fluid passage through the waterway. The valve is configur...