ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,724, 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 for fastening at least one plumbing appliance having two supports, which extend at a distance from one another along a central axis, and a crosspiece element, which connects the two supports and has at least one fastening element. The crosspiece element has a lower web, a front web and an upper web. The lower web projects in an angularly inclined manner at an angle from a lower edge of the f...