ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,268, issued on March 24, was assigned to 2721111 Ontario Inc. (Ontario, Canada).

"Nestable and drainable shower niche insert system" was invented by Paolo Mantenuto (Vaughan, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nestable and drainable shower niche insert system inserts vertically and is retained within a shower stall. The system includes a water-tight pan having outwardly sloped walls, to insert and retain within and against the shower stall, and a nest pan retained within the water-tight pan. The nest pan has at least one horizontal wall adjacent one of the outwardly sloped walls, to guide and drain liquid running off the hori...