ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,046, issued on Feb. 11.
"Faucet apparatus" was invented by Ta-Yu Yeh (Changhua, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet apparatus may include a faucet, a connecting piece, a locating member, and a handle. The faucet has a valve chamber formed therein, and a control valve is installed in the valve chamber, and the control valve comprises a valve rod protruding out from the valve chamber. The connecting piece is concaved to form a housing on the end thereof, and the other end of the connecting piece comprises a neck portion to connect to a locating head. A plurality of protruding portions are formed on the outer periphery of the...