ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,002, issued on Feb. 3.

"Non-slip bath mat" was invented by Junjie Sun (Dazhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a non-slip bath mat (including an anti-slip foot mat and a bathtub mat), which comprises a mat body, on which a plurality of flexible protrusions are distributed, and closed airbag cavities are formed between the flexible protrusions and the mat body; when a person stands, sits or lies on the flexible protrusions with the airbag cavities, the flexible protrusions with the airbag cavities are connected under the human body, and the total ultimate bearing capacity of the flexible protrusions in the...