US Patent Issued to AS America on Dec. 9 for "Cleaning sink" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,538, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Cleaning sink" was invented by Ki Bok Song (Plainview, N.Y.), Alison J. Lyons (New York), Jiekun Qian (Astoria, N.Y.), Jean-Jacques L'Henaff (New Canaan, Conn.) and Emilie Williams (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and techniques for cleaning sinks and dishes are provided. In some embodiments, a cleaning system comprises at least one fluid supply, at least one opening in a side wall of a sink basin, and at least one nozzle positioned along an exterior of the sink basin. The nozzle is configured to receive fluid from the fluid supply, a...