ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,771, issued on March 17, was assigned to Throne Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Device, system and method for mounting an accessory to a toilet" was invented by Devan Dholakia (Austin, Texas), Timothy Blumberg (Austin, Texas) and Randall Scott Hickle II (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device can be mounted to a rim of a bowl of a toilet. The device includes a front body located on an exterior of the bowl, and a rear body located in an interior of the bowl. In addition, a bridge couples the front body to the rear body at a fixed distance therebetween such that the device, when mounted, straddles the rim. The device also has a ...