US Patent Issued to LIXIL (CHINA) INVESTMENT on Nov. 3 for "Intelligent toilet bowl, toilet and monitoring system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,570, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LIXIL (CHINA) INVESTMENT Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Intelligent toilet bowl, toilet and monitoring system" was invented by Zhongde Fan (Shanghai), Yang Jiang (Shanghai), Dan Cao (Shanghai), Junyan Xu (Shanghai), Guanming Cai (Shanghai) and Yangang Jin (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The intelligent toilet seat includes a toilet seat box, a toilet seat ring, a reminder button, and a control device. The toilet seat box includes a seat box housing defining a cavity therein. The toilet seat ring is pivotally connected with the toilet seat box. The reminder button is arranged on a side wall of the...