ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,685, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Shower" was invented by Rafael Alfredo Rexach (Sheboygan, Wis.), Stephanie Szemetylo (Sheboygan, Wis.), David J. Richter-O'Connell (Sheboygan, Wis.), Jeffrey James Elsesser (Kohler, Wis.) and James S. Giefer (Sheboygan, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower system includes a shower assembly and a mounting system. The shower assembly includes a reservoir configured to receive water from a water source and one or more outlets for passing water from the reservoir. The shower assembly also includes a plurality of shower mounting features provided in a first non-ad...