ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,119, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
"Plumbing component" was invented by Barry Steven Hobbs (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Mark Frederick Florencio Barton (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Philip Peter Ineson (Cheltenham, Great Britain) and Alexander Colin Fagg (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plumbing component includes a cold water inlet; a hot water inlet; an outlet configured to output cold water, hot water, or a mixture thereof; a flow shut-off mechanism for restricting the flow of water out of the outlet; a first flow control valve for controlling the flow of...