ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,615, issued on April 14, was assigned to WELBILT FOODSERVICE Cos. LLC (New Port Richey, Fla.).

"Beverage valve assembly mounting assembly" was invented by James Wallace Brown (Crestwood, Ky.) and Bruce Burton (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting assembly includes a beverage mounting assembly having a housing. The housing has a housing wall that surrounds a cavity. A valve body is connectable to the beverage mounting assembly. The valve body is connectable to the beverage mounting assembly via a clip. The clip is insertable into both the housing and the valve body to connect the valve body to the beverage mountin...