ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,597, issued on Sept. 9.
"Dual-control flushing device" was invented by Liyun Sun (Cixi, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a dual-control flushing device, including: a body including a water tank; a valve assembly including a valve body and a valve stem configured to control opening or closing of a flushing port, wherein a transmission part extends from an end of the valve stem; a first flushing mechanism including a pressing assembly and a transmission assembly; a second flushing mechanism including a foot-controlled assembly, a lifting block and a traction rope, wherein the lifting block includes a lifting part, the ...