ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,784, issued on May 27, was assigned to GROHE AG (Hemer, Germany).

"Kitchen water faucet spray head" was invented by Matthias Schlueter (Dortmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray head (1) for a water faucet (2), comprising: a flow setting means (3) for setting a water flow rate, and a spray pattern setting means (4) for setting a spray pattern (5),wherein the flow setting means (3) can be changed over from a first flow setting (6) for a first flow rate to a second flow setting (7) for a second flow rate increased relative to the first flow rate, wherein the first flow setting (6) is preset and the second flow setting (7...