ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,496, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Beijing Kohler Ltd. (Beijing).
"Water outlet structure" was invented by Jiagao Huang (Beijing) and Zheyuan Zhang (Miyun District, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an outlet structure having a body defining a fluid flow path and a control mechanism at least partially coupled to a through hole defined by the body. The control mechanism can control a flow of fluid in the fluid flow path. The control mechanism includes a button at least partially extending through the through hole of the body. A flexible cover is coupled to the through hole to seal the button wit...