ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,401, issued on April 15.
"Decorative toilet lid" was invented by Andrew D. Burris (Beaufort, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet lid apparatus includes an ovoid body defined by an outer surface and an inner surface, a thickness of the body defining the spaced relationship of the outer surface and the inner surface, an image formed on at least one surface of the body, and means for coupling the body of the image with the lid."
The patent was filed on March 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/121,263.
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