US Patent Issued to Kohler on Feb. 17 for "Waterway and flow straightener for a water delivery device" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,455, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Waterway and flow straightener for a water delivery device" was invented by Brian Douglas Renzelman (Sheboygan, Wis.), Andrew James Stokes (Mazomanie, Wis.), Joel Aldebaran Salazar Elorza (Monterrey, Mexico) and Gary Clarke (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterway for a fluid delivery device includes a body, an inlet passage, a continuous header passage, a connector passage, a chamber, and a plurality of ports. The inlet passage is formed in the body and configured to receive a supply of water. The continuous header passage is formed in the body as ...