ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,742, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Research Products Corp. (Madison, Wis.).

"Distribution tray for humidifier" was invented by Michael Schatz (Madison, Wis.), Nathan Hughes (Madison, Wis.) and Joshua Edwards McKune (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distribution tray for a humidifier includes a surface, and a flow divider disposed on the surface, where the flow divider is configured to receive a flow of water. The distribution tray also includes a plurality of channels, where each channel within the plurality of channels is fluidly coupled to the flow divider and is configured to receive water from the flow divider. E...