ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,022, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Purity (Xiamen) Sanitary Ware Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).
"Shower column with liftable showerhead" was invented by James Wu (Taichung, Taiwan), Alex Wu (Taichung, Taiwan) and Ce-Wen Yang (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower column with a liftable showerhead includes a faucet and a top base in which are connected by an outer rod. The faucet has a first outlet hole facing the outer rod. A front of the outer rod has an elongated hole extending along a top-bottom direction. An inner tube is engaged with the first outlet hole. A liftable tube slidably fits around an inner tube. A spr...