ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,599, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).
"Flush toilet" was invented by Daiki Okabe (Kitakyushu, Japan), Makoto Bekki (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Shoko Kobayashi (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flush toilet of the present invention comprises: a bowl including a waste receiving surface, a rim formed above the waste receiving surface, and a well portion formed below the waste receiving surface and having a pooled water surface formed in the well portion; a first rim spouting port provided in the rim and configured to spout flush water forward; a first water conduit configured to supply flu...