US Patent Issued to AS America on July 8 for "Faucet with integrated handle" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,024, issued on July 8, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Faucet with integrated handle" was invented by XiaoPing Zheng (Guangzhou, China), Xiaojing Ye (Edison, N.J.) and Changqing Li (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet assembly comprising a handle coupled to a cartridge stem; and an upper body portion coupled to a lower body portion, wherein the lower body portion comprises an integral waterway. A faucet assembly may comprise a single integrated handle having no set screw. A faucet assembly upper body portion may be coupled to a lower body portion with a set screw at or through an underside of ...