ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,059, issued on July 22, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
"Ablutionary fitting" was invented by Nigel Paul Sansum (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ablutionary fitting includes an outlet for providing a stream of water and a dispersing barrier arranged in the stream, such that the liquid passing through the dispersing barrier is broken up into a plurality of smaller streams, forming a spray, wherein the smaller streams are at least in part directed by the dispersing barrier."
The patent was filed on Nov. 26, 2019, under Application No. 16/696,851.
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