US Patent Issued to TOTO on Feb. 17 for "Sanitary washing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,066, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).

"Sanitary washing device" was invented by Yuki Ko (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Masayuki Mochita (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary washing device includes a casing, a toilet lid, a rotation detection sensor, a human body detection sensor, a spray device, and a control device. The casing is disposed at a toilet. The toilet lid is rotatably mounted on the casing. The rotation detection sensor detects a rotation of the toilet lid. The human body detection sensor detects a human body when the toilet lid is in an open state. The spray device sprays...