ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,725, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG (Jona, Switzerland).
"Mounting device" was invented by Manuel Lechner (Kaltbrunn, Switzerland) and Lukas Ramseier (Jona, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting device (1) for fastening at least one plumbing appliance comprises: two supports (2) which extend at a distance from each other along a central axis (M2) and each of which has a cross section (Q2): a first cross-member (3) which extends along a central axis (M3), has a first cross-section (Q3), is fixedly connected to the supports (2) and connects the two supports (2) to one another and is located ...