ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,988, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Xiamen Lota International Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Water outlet mechanism" was invented by Xuedong Wang (Fujian, China), Jinyong Chen (Fujian, China), Xiaofei Guo (Fujian, China) and Chuanbao Zhu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a water outlet mechanism comprising a water outlet body, a driving assembly, an eccentric cam, a swinging plate, and one or more water outlet nozzles. The water outlet body comprises a water inlet port, a water outlet port, and a water-passing cavity in communication with the water inlet port and the water outlet port. The d...