US Patent Issued to WATER PIK on Jan. 28 for "Oral irrigator handle with hose connector fittings" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,983, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to WATER PIK INC. (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Oral irrigator handle with hose connector fittings" was invented by Brian R. Williams (Fort Collins, Colo.), Jeremy Johnson (Longmont, Colo.) and Leland C. Leber (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oral irrigator handle including a housing and a first fitting, the first fitting including a first fitting inlet in fluid communication with a handle inlet in fluid communication with a fluid source and a first fitting outlet in fluid communication with the first fitting inlet. The handle includes a seal positioned around the first fitting and...