US Patent Issued to Kohler on July 15 for "Clicker drain assembly and method of assembling same" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,412, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Clicker drain assembly and method of assembling same" was invented by Sharathkumar B. Badiger (Cedarburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clicker drain assembly includes a unitary main drain body. The clicker drain assembly further includes a drain stopper assembly, a clicker drain seal, an actuating assembly, and a drain trim ring. The drain trim ring is configured to couple to the main drain body and receive the clicker drain seal and the actuating assembly. The stopper assembly is configured to couple to the actuating assembly and actuate the actuating assem...