ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,701, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Xiamen Lota International Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Faucet" was invented by Liming Ye (Fujian, China), Shuanglin Bai (Fujian, China) and Chuanbao Zhu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet comprises a faucet body, a water outlet mechanism, and a switch mechanism. The faucet body comprises a pull-out water outlet head and a pull-out pipe connected to the pull-out water outlet head, and the faucet body comprises a water outlet seat. The water outlet mechanism is rotatably connected to the water outlet seat, and the water outlet mechanism is configured to rotate. The switch mech...