ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,754, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GUANGDONG MEIJIE FAUCET COMPANY Ltd. (Dongguan, China).
"Quick installation and release nut" was invented by Zaijiang Su (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick installation and release nut for a faucet includes a main body, a receiving assembly on the upper portion of the main body, a press plate which is movably disposed on the receiving assembly, and at least two movable lock blocks disposed in the receiving assembly, is disclosed. The press plate comprises at least one vertically oriented diagonal slide for each of the movable lock blocks. The at least two movable lock blocks ...