ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,522, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Fujian, China).

"Water outlet device" was invented by Xiaofa Lin (Fujian, China), Xiaoshan Lin (Fujian, China), Yonghui Zhang (Fujian, China), Zhiwei Chen (Fujian, China), Pansheng Liang (Fujian, China), Xiaoqing Deng (Fujian, China) and Qiqiao Liu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water outlet device includes a water outlet body and a movable shaft, the water outlet body is provided with a water inflow path, a water outflow path and a mounting channel; the mounting channel extends along a first direction with one end of the mounting ch...