ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,262, issued on June 2, was assigned to Xiamen Rainshower Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Overhead shower arm with showerhead holder" was invented by Hewei Liu (Xiamen, China), Zhanglong Jiang (Xiamen, China), Zhengqi Zhu (Xiamen, China) and Ruiqiang Zhang (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead shower arm assembly with a shower head holder includes an arm, a seat body, and an actuator. The arm has a rear water inlet joint connectable to a wall-mounted water outlet tube, a first water outlet joint at a top portion for an overhead shower head, and a downward and forward opening installation cavity at a lower portion. The se...