ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,528, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Xiamen GSH Technology Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).

"Side-press switch water outlet apparatus for shower" was invented by Sheng Kong (Xiamen, China), Yiqun Lin (Xiamen, China) and Shaochun Lin (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the application is a side-press switch water outlet apparatus for a shower, including a valve body, a water outlet panel, a switching piece, a ratchet and a driving unit. The valve body is provided with a water inlet channel; the water outlet panel is at least provided with a first water outlet channel and a second water outlet channel; the switching pi...