ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,745, issued on March 25, was assigned to Zurn Water LLC (Milwaukee).
"Water closet carrier" was invented by Jacob D. Twaroski (Wattsburg, Pa.) and Christopher J. Say (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier plate for supporting a wall-mounted water closet, the carrier plate including a face plate having a top end, a bottom end opposite the top end, a front face, and a rear face opposite the front face. The carrier plate also including a bracket extending from the rear face of the face plate proximate the top end to define a bracket length, and one or more feet extending from the rear face of the face plate proximate the b...