ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,975, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Enerlites Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Dimmer light switch with vertical slider control for lighting adjustments and manual on/off power switch" was invented by Lidong Ni (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dimmer switch, which is comprised of a shell, which has a circuit board and a dial button for controlling the ON/OFF state of the switch, a first regulating structure and a second regulating structure, the first regulating structure is arranged on the shell, which has a first potentiometer connected to a circuit board, and a push button for adjusting the resistor of the first potent...