US Patent Issued to Kohler on Oct. 27 for "Systems and methods of filling and draining plumbing fixtures" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,594, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Systems and methods of filling and draining plumbing fixtures" was invented by David Ritter (Kohler, Wis.), Brian Core (Fond du Lac, Wis.), Jesse Miller (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Douglas J. Brouwer (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plumbing assembly includes a tank, a bowl in fluid communication with the tank, and a re-fill assembly fluidly coupled to the tank, the re-fill assembly having at least one re-fill assembly valve and being configured to control a flow of water from the tank to the bowl. The plumbing assembly also includes at least one control...