ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,214, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to UNITO SMART TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Tsuen Wan NT, Hong Kong).

"Liquid dispensing unit and liquid dispensing apparatus" was invented by Avi Dahan (Rishon Lezion, Israel) and Yoni Dahan (Rishon Lezion, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a liquid dispensing unit with a pull-out dispensing nozzle configured to be moved in a pull-out direction and opposite thereto relative to a basis element, in particular a faucet, of the liquid dispensing unit. The liquid dispending unit also includes a flexible conduit that fluidically connects the pull-out dispensing nozzle to a dispensing outlet of a...