ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,231, issued on June 30.
"System and method for bathing immobile or partially immobile individual" was invented by Terrance A. King (Lakeland, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system having an enclosure having at least one movable component that can be opened for an individual to be placed within the enclosure and then closed when the individual is within the enclosure. A cleaning system functioning within the enclosure to at least one of dispense a liquid through at least one opening and physically contact the user to wipe the individual, a resting area where the individual is positioned with the upper torso of the individual ar...