ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,114, issued on June 24, was assigned to CULLIGAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY (Rosemont, Ill.).
"Home water-based drink formulating system" was invented by Tedd Schneidewend (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), Adam Sloma (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Christopher Gail Harris (Chicago) and Kenneth Reed (Kenosha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drink formulating system includes a housing having a housing outlet, a receiving tank receiving water poured by a user, and a pump being configured for pumping water from the receiving tank. A first filter is in fluid communication with the pump for removing a first set of substances from the water. A second filter ...