ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,766, issued on March 17, was assigned to NEOPERL GMBH (Muellheim, Germany).
"Outlet element for a sanitary fitting" was invented by Georg Stadtler (Mullheim, Germany) and Alexander Bayer (Schliengen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outlet element (1) for a sanitary fitting which includes a base element (2) and a valve device (3) which is connected to the base element and can be adjusted relative to the base element between at least two switching positions for switching over between at least two separate water conduits (4, 5). In order to seal a passage between an outlet opening (6) of the base element on the outflow side a...