ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,365, issued on April 29.

"Gravity water filter" was invented by Jie Ren (Hengshui, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravity water filter comprises a cover, a filter water bucket, a purified water bucket, and a filter element component; wherein the cover, the filter water bucket and the purified water bucket are detachably connected from top to bottom; a water flowing hole is arranged at the bottom of the filter water bucket; the filter element component is arranged in the filter water bucket through a sealed fixed structure, and the water outlet port of the filter element component is connected to the purified water bucket. The ...