ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,846, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Fukuoka, Japan).
"Toilet device" was invented by Katsushi Maeta (Kitakyushu, Japan), Masayuki Mochita (Kitakyushu, Japan), Kensaku Taira (Kitakyushu, Japan), Satoshi Kawada (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Yuki Ko (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet device includes a toilet, a cover, a casing and a toilet lid. The cover laterally covers a back part of the toilet. The casing is located on the toilet. The toilet lid is rotatably supported with respect to the casing. A second gap between the casing and the cover, a third gap between the casing and the closed toilet lid, an...