ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,497, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Neoperl GmbH (Mullheim, Germany).

"Sanitary outlet unit and method for installing and/or removing a sanitary outlet unit of this type" was invented by Georg Stadtler (Mullheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sanitary outlet unit (1), a main body (2) and a handle (5), which is accessible from outside, are arranged so as to be movable relative to each other between a coupled position and an uncoupled position, so that in the coupled position the main body (2) can be screwed to a fitting outlet (3) by the handle (5)."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2021, under Application No. 18/036,...