US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on May 13 for "Pivoting spray head faucet" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,630, issued on May 13, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Pivoting spray head faucet" was invented by Darin Heuer (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), Adam William Tracy (Irvine, Calif.), Jan van Leyen (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Brad Callahan (Middleton, Wis.) and Evan Alan Benstead (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivotable spray head for connection to a faucet for expelling water is described herein. The spray head includes a spray head top portion having an inlet to receive water from the faucet and a spray head bottom portion having an outlet to expel water. The spray head further includes a ...