ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,889, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GROHE AG (Hemer, Germany).
"Nut for securing a sanitary faucet to a support" was invented by Felix Muehling (Menden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nut (1) for securing a sanitary faucet (2) to a support (3), comprising: a base body (4) with a plurality of threaded lugs (5), which can be adjusted in a radial direction (7) when a nut (1) is pushed onto a thread (6) of the sanitary faucet (2), and a twist lock (8), which can be rotated between a locking position (9) and a release position (10) and which is secured to the base body (4), wherein the twist lock (8) locks the threaded lugs ...