ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,459, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to WENZHOU FURUISI BUILDING MATERIALS Co. LTD. (Wenzhou, China).

"Single coupled valve body of faucet" was invented by Chunhe Qiu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single coupled valve body of a faucet includes a faucet body and a water outlet pipe. A valve core mounting groove is defined on a top surface of the faucet body. The faucet body defines a water inlet channel and a first water outlet channel. The water inlet channel and the first water outlet channel are communicated with the valve core mounting groove and penetrate the top surface and a bottom surface of the faucet body...