ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,963, issued on June 30, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).
"Toilet device" was invented by Hiroyoshi Matsushita (Kitakyushu, Japan), Ryuichi Kumamoto (Kitakyushu, Japan), Satoshi Nakada (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Shohei Ogawa (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet device includes a casing and a deodorizing unit provided inside the casing and configured to deodorize air in a toilet room. The deodorizing unit includes a duct and a fan configured to suction air into the duct. The duct includes a first extending portion extending from the casing, a second extending portion extending from the casing at a posit...