US Patent Issued to Kohler on Sept. 8 for "Connected bathroom components" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,684, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Connected bathroom components" was invented by Luncheak Tan (Shanghai) and Chinghua Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera system that includes a camera having a main body having a front surface and a back surface; a lens disposed within the main body and configured to view objects in front of the front surface; a magnet coupled to the back surface, wherein the magnet is configured to removably couple the camera to a ferromagnetic material; a shutter adjustably coupled to the main body, so that the shutter is moveable relative to the lens between a cl...