ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,001, issued on April 21, was assigned to Shanghai KOHLER Electronics Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Toilet cover base, toilet cover assembly, and toilet" was invented by Yiguo Fang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet cover base includes a base body; a base side plate connected to a side of the base body; a pipeline arrangement groove disposed in the base body and configured to accommodate at least one pipeline; a pipeline through groove disposed in the base side plate and configured to allow the at least one pipeline to pass through; and a trim cover removably installed in the pipeline through groove."

The patent was filed on June...