US Patent Issued to Kohler on July 22 for "Ceiling mounted kitchen faucet" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,057, issued on July 22, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Ceiling mounted kitchen faucet" was invented by Gregory de Swarte (Sheboygan, Wis.), Jacob Frye (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.), David Wortelboer (Sheboygan, Wis.), Rodney Weekley (Mequon, Wis.) and Drew Johnson (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet system includes a housing assembly configured to be coupled to a ceiling structure, wherein the housing includes a mixing valve disposed therein. The faucet system further includes a hose assembly coupled to the housing assembly. The hose assembly includes a flexible hose being fluidly coupled to the mixing val...