US Patent Issued to Kohler on May 26 for "Sink device" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,956, issued on May 26, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Sink device" was invented by Rafael Rexach (Sheboygan, Wis.), Jessica Schroeder (Sheboygan, Wis.), Miguel Arciniega (Sheboygan, Wis.), Ashley Springer (Sheboygan, Wis.), Shi Chao Zhang (Sheboygan, Wis.), Marwan Estiban (Mequon, Wis.), Anne Krauter (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.), Perry Erickson (Sheboygan, Wis.), Anil Pendyala (Grafton, Wis.) and Erin Geiger (Cedarburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice controlled device comprises a housing, a dock, a coupling mechanism, and a microphone. The dock is configured to connect the housing to a plurality of host appliances...