ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,436, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC (North Olmsted, Ohio).
"Water distribution device for a shower installation having a jet selector" was invented by Nicolas Pasquier (Lyons, France) and Luc Maugenet (Villars-les-Dombes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a water distribution device (1) for a shower installation, comprising: -a distribution head (12) comprising at least two groups of water ejection nozzles (14, 16, 18), each group of nozzles (14, 16, 18) being connected to at least one respective distribution channel; -a supply channel; -a jet selection device (20), ...