ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,776, issued on Sept. 15.

"Arc-shaped shower curtain rod" was invented by Libing Wu (Zhoukou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an arc-shaped shower curtain rod that can be split into a plurality of first rod bodies. Individual first rod bodies sleeved with second bodies can withdraw the second rod bodies through sleeving structures. After the arc-shaped shower curtain rod is split and the second rod bodies are withdrawn, the occupied space is effectively reduced, and the transportation convenience is improved. Moreover, the arc-shaped shower curtain rod is expanded or reduced for adaptation by increasing or decr...