ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,550, issued on May 12.
"Shower curtain with assistance panel" was invented by Leslie Dawn Anderson (Poplar Bluff, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower curtain for use in an area including a shower that includes a shower space sized for receiving a subject for showering and a dry space outside the shower space. The shower curtain comprises a sheet adapted to hang between the shower space and the dry space to limit water exiting the shower space and entering the dry space. The sheet has an opening sized and shaped to permit an assistant positioned in the dry space to reach through the opening into the shower space to assist the s...