ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,922, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Neoperl GmbH (Mullheim, Germany).
"Water outlet" was invented by Georg Stadtler (Mullheim, Germany), Sascha Horoba (Gottenheim, Germany) and David Birmelin (Mullheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water outlet (1) or a line coupling, which has an inflow-proximal first coupling or outlet part (2) and an outflow-proximal second coupling or outlet part (3), which (2, 3) are movable between a releasing position and a use position, in which use position the coupling or outlet parts (2, 3) in each case configured so as to be sleeve-shaped are connected to one another in the flow direction ...