ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,845, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Toilet seat hinge assembly with air cleaner" was invented by Jeffrey T. Laundre (Sheboygan, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet seat assembly encloses a toilet bowl. The toilet seat assembly includes a toilet seat, a fan, a wick compartment, an atomizer, and at least one baffle. The toilet seat rotatably is connected to the toilet bowl via a hinge. The fan is configured to direct a flow of air into a hinge structure. The wick compartment in the hinge structure includes a sanitizing fluid. The atomizer is configured to spray fine particles of the sanitizing f...