ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,391, issued on May 27, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Handwashing assembly" was invented by James Bourne (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Robert Caldwell (Charlton Kings, Great Britain), Thomas Philip Perry (Cheltenham, Great Britain) and Adam Luke May (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hand washing assembly includes a hood defining a cavity within the hood, a valve structure located at least partially within the cavity, and a lever handle. The lever handle is operatively coupled to the valve structure and configured to move the valve structure between a first position in which the valve structure pre...