ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,989, issued on April 29.

"Salt-cellar-like device for increasing pressure" was invented by Ricardo Isidro Zuniga Lara (Queretaro, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that serves to increase the pressure on the outlets of water intakes in houses or gardens. This system to increase the water pressure is called salt-cellar-like device for increasing pressure. The salt-cellar-like device for increasing pressure has 6 external walls that give its body a hexagonal shape. These external walls allow the device to be held firmly by some tool that rotates the device, so that it is correctly inserted and attached to some water intake....