ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,373, issued on May 20.
"Sanitary faucet" was invented by Jun Sik Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a sanitary faucet which, in the process of turning off water, enables washing a knob which is touched in order to turn the water on/off, and thus enables promoting the hygienic use thereof. The sanitary faucet comprises: a faucet housing which forms a water supply channel by being connected to water supply lines, and is provided with an outlet for discharging water; a water supply valve which is installed on the faucet housing and is operated by being pressed by a user so as to suppl...