US Patent Issued to Kohler on Sept. 15 for "Toilet flush controller" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,881, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Toilet flush controller" was invented by John O. Lipinski (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a toilet including a bowl having a sump, a trapway in fluid communication with the sump, a first photogate coupled to the sump and configured to detect a presence of waste in the sump, and a second photogate coupled to the trapway and configured to detect a presence of waste in the trapway."

The patent was filed on March 15, 2024, under Application No. 18/606,653.

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