ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,379, issued on May 20, was assigned to GROHE AG (Hemer, Germany).
"Fastening device for a sanitary component to be suspended" was invented by Paul Rubesamen (Meschede, Germany), Hendrik Begerow (Hemer, Germany), Stephan Venus (Menden, Germany), Franziska Kalka (Soest, Germany), Pei Guo (Herzogenrath, Germany), Bertrand Tchana Tchuinou (Hagen, Germany) and Hendrik Heitkamp (Dortmund, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening device (1) for a sanitary component (2) to be suspended having at least one adapter pin (3) adapted to hold or comprise a retaining bolt (5) at a first end (4) for the sanitary component (2) and further h...