ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,766, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CLEMENT INC. (Flushing, N.Y.).

"Water supply shower body and its application" was invented by Yunan Hu (Ganzhou, China), Chunhua Wang (Xiamen, China), Changzheng Ni (Xiamen, China) and Yongqiang Yan (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water supply shower body includes a five-way water distribution base, an installation base, a water inlet base, a first switch valve assembly, and a second switch valve assembly. The five-way water distribution base comprises a water inlet, a first water outlet, a first installation port, a second water outlet, and a second installation port. The first...