ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,182, issued on June 16, was assigned to XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).
"Hydraulically balanced water-stop switch mechanism and shower head having same" was invented by Chunhua Wang (Xiamen, China), Guiyun Zhang (Xingren, China) and Yongqiang Yan (Fuzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulically balanced water-stop switch mechanism includes a water passage pipe, a water passage is formed between an inner pipe and an outer pipe of the water passage pipe. One end of the inner pipe is a closed end, and the other end is movably provided with a water-stop plug. A switch assembly is configured to cause mov...