ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,104, issued on June 3, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Modulated stream pattern spray head" was invented by Adam William Tracy (Irvine, Calif.) and Oscar Romero (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved spray head is provided that is configured to deliver water in multiple modes including a spray mode and a stream mode, with a stream modulation control for modulating a stream pattern from an aerated stream to a cone stream to a concentrated straight beam stream. Thus, a versatile faucet is provided that can be utilized as a multi-purpose cleaning tool that can be adjusted...