ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,144, issued on Sept. 16.
"Bidet washing apparatus with deodorizing feature" was invented by Nathan Fang (San Diego) and Anjum Gupta (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bidet washing apparatus includes a control unit connected to one or more water inlets configured to supply water to the control unit, the control unit having one or more control unit switches configured to operate one or more control unit valves for controlling water flow from the one or more water inlets and/or from one or more control unit outlets; a deodorizer housing unit, wherein the housing unit includes a deodorizer container, and a deodorizer pump; a d...