ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,879, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Xiamen Aomute Technology Co. Ltd (Xiamen, China).

"Bouncing drainer" was invented by Shengwu Zhang (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bouncing drainer includes a bouncing machine core and a water filter basket assembly. The bouncing machine core is inverted, where one end with a protruding tip facing upwards and the other end facing downwards, so as to avoid the interference between the protruding tip and a drainage outlet. The water filter basket assembly includes a sleeve, a water filter basket, and a sealing ring. The sleeve is mounted at the top of the bouncing machine core i...