ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,563, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Taizhou Huangyan Pianpian Pet Products Factory (General Partnership) (Zhejiang, China).

"Water control and seal structure of pet drinking pipe" was invented by Jian Hu (Zhejiang, China), Bin Cai (Zhejiang, China) and Pianpian Cai (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water control and seal structure of a pet drinking pipe including a drinking pipe body, wherein a water outlet head is provided on the drinking pipe body, a water outlet is defined in the water outlet head, a water outlet steel ball is provided in the water outlet, and the water control and seal structure is provided be...