ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,842, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AERSTOP Oy (Pori, Finland).
"Toilet" was invented by Michel Bendahan (la Tessoualle, France) and Jean Louchet (Vannes-sur-Cosson, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet comprises a bowl having an interior volume, a toilet seat, mounted to move relative to the bowl between a raised position and a lowered position, a seal disposed between the bowl and the toilet seat in the lowered position, and in contact with the toilet seat and the bowl to form a seal between the toilet seat and the bowl, a non-return valve adapted to allow a passage of ambient air towards the interior volume, and to p...