ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,949, issued on July 21, was assigned to VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT (Saint-Maurice Cedex, France).
"Filter unit lifting system" was invented by Per Larsson (Trelleborg, Sweden) and Kjell Svensson (Limhamn, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention pertains to a water filter unit with an integrated lifting system, comprising a water filter, at least two lifting pillars, at least two sleeves and a slide connector, wherein the sleeves are attached at the corners of the water filter, the length axis of the sleeves being perpendicular to the mounting surface of the water filter, the lifting pillars are arranged...