ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,662, issued on May 26, was assigned to Xiamen Lota International Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Water outlet device" was invented by Xuedong Wang (Xiamen, China), Jiangcheng Zhang (Xiamen, China), Peiguo Wu (Xiamen, China) and Chuanbao Zhu (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water outlet device comprises a water outlet body and a cover assembly. The water outlet body comprises a plurality of water outlet ports, and the plurality of water outlet ports are configured to discharge water. The cover assembly is detachably connected to the water outlet body to cover the plurality of water outlet ports, and the cover assembly compris...