ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,896, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG (Jona, Switzerland).
"Mounting system for sanitary fittings" was invented by Silvan Gubelmann (Jona, Switzerland) and Manuel Lechner (Kaltbrunn, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system for fastening a sanitary fitting having a mounting frame having at least one hollow profile, the side walls of which define an internal space The frame has an end face at the end thereof, and the frame has at least one bearing structure for mounting a sanitary fitting. At least one fastening unit is provided with a support element with a guide receptacle and a fasteni...