ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,009, issued on July 15, was assigned to THE FOUNTAIN PEOPLE INC. (San Marcos, Texas).

"Bezel adjustment for externally accessible throttling valve" was invented by Kevin Thomas Brown (Mountain City, Texas) and David Olvera (Kyle, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to water fountain structures, and more specifically relate to modular fountain structures that include an adjustment bezel for changing a flow of water via an adjustable valve housed within them fountain structure. Adjustments to the valve to adjust the flow of water are effected by accessing the valve at the site of the founta...