ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,929, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).
"Urinal" was invented by Toshihiro Sato (Fukuoka, Japan), Yasuo Nambu (Fukuoka, Japan), Yuichi Furuta (Fukuoka, Japan), Kei Shibata (Fukuoka, Japan) and Ryoga Ide (Fukuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urinal includes a bowl part, a housing part, and an extension part. The bowl part receives urine on a bowl surface thereof. The housing part is formed on an upper part of the bowl part at a back side thereof and houses a functional part therein. The extension part is formed to extend upward from an upper end part of the bowl surface and forms at least a pa...