US Patent Issued to TOTO on April 14 for "Toilet device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,164, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).

"Toilet device" was invented by Keita Akiyoshi (Kitakyushu, Japan), Aya Hasegawa (Kitakyushu, Japan), Shohei Ogawa (Kitakyushu, Japan), Ryuichi Kumamoto (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Hiroyoshi Matsushita (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet device includes a case and a deodorizing device. The deodorizing device includes a first opening part, a second opening part, a third opening part, a suction fan, a first deodorizing path part, and a second deodorizing path part. The first opening part is configured to suction air outside the case. The second ...