ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,462, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to XIAMEN WATER NYMPH SANITARY TECHNOLOGYCo. LTD. (Xiamen, China).

"Water outlet device" was invented by Huaqiang Zhou (Fujian, China) and Weihai Mu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a water outlet device, comprising a fluid diverting mechanism, a seal having elasticity, a water inlet mechanism having a water inlet member with elasticity at a water inlet end, and a diversion mechanism rotatably connected to the water inlet mechanism; the water inlet mechanism comprises a water inlet channel, and the fluid diverting mechanism comprises a first water outl...