ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,281, issued on July 14, was assigned to Neoperl GmbH (Mullheim, Germany).

"Use of a hose for the fluidic connection of an outlet piece to a valve on a sanitary fitting, fluidic arrangement and corresponding sanitary fitting" was invented by Werner Kury (Mullheim, Germany), Daniel Oechsle (Mullheim, Germany), Holger Schurle (Mullheim, Germany) and Dietmar Walser (Efringen-Kirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a fluidic arrangement (2) which can be mounted inside a sanitary fitting (1), a hose (5) which connects an outlet piece (3) to a valve (4) is designed such that a length of the hose (5) projects from an interior (6) ...