ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,235, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).
"Pressure balance valve apparatus" was invented by Xiaoping Zheng (Guangzhou, China) and Xiaojing Ye (Edison, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve apparatus comprising a push button assembly coupled to a pressure balance valve, wherein the push button assembly comprises a pushbutton configured to be pressed/released and to be rotated, a first press/release of the button opens the valve, a second press/release of the button closes the valve, and a rotation of the button adjusts water temperature. A push button assembly comprising an axial press/release ...