ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,023, issued on April 15, was assigned to AM CONSERVATION GROUP (Charleston, S.C.).

"Efficient showerhead with purge outlet" was invented by Charles Lord (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Jason Swanson (Tempe, Ariz.), Troy Sherman (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Jeffrey Doss (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A showerhead system with a normally open, temperature controlled first water valve coupled between a hot water source supply inlet and a purge outlet. The first water valve is configured to move from its normally open position to a closed position to restrict water passing from the hot water source supply inlet to the purge outlet when the...