ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,832, issued on May 26, was assigned to KurbX LLC (East Dubuque, Ill.).

"Shower base installation methods and devices" was invented by Adam Michael Droessler (Galena, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drain support block is configured to support a drain body during installation of a shower base, thereby easing problems commonly encountered when the drain body is misaligned, misoriented, or sagging during shower base installation. The drain support block may be cut to fit between floor joists with the supported drain body resting at any location between the joists, thereby allowing the support block to be rapidly resized for attachm...