ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,399, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NEOPERL GMBH (Mullheim, Germany).

"Sanitary arrangement" was invented by Oliver Denzler (Bottmingen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary arrangement (1) is provided having at least two diverters (2, 3). Each diverter has a water inlet (4) and at least two water outlets (5, 6). The first water outlet (5) of the first diverter (2) is fluidically connected to the water inlet (4) of the second diverter (3) and at least one water outlet of the second diverter (3) has a releasable interface (8) for the fluidic connection to a water dispensing device (9)."

The patent was filed on June...