ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,651, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to STROHM BATHROOM SOLUTIONS S.A. (Binissalem, Spain).
"Shower set with hidden flexible hose" was invented by Roberto Ladron Jimenez (Saragossa, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower set with a concealed hose has a vertical tube that conceals a mechanism consisting of a cartridge with axial water outlet mounted in reverse position. The vertical tube deforms to integrate a hose and a handheld shower in its contour. The rotation of the vertical tube on its two ends hides or shows the hose and the handheld shower. A system for blocking the rotation when the water is coming out of the upper show...