ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,648, issued on May 20.
"Filtered water supply extension system for an external appliance" was invented by Frank Peter Sisco (Sewell, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtered water supply extension system including an extension member and a flow control device, and a method for extending a filtered water supply of a primary appliance, for example, a refrigerator, to an external appliance, for example, a coffee maker, are provided. The extension member draws and directs an additional flow of filtered water from a water filter of the primary appliance to the external appliance, without interrupting a regular flow of filtered water...