ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,708, issued on July 28, was assigned to Project Soak LLC (Irving, Texas).
"Bath or shower enclosure walls" was invented by Ronald D. Barndt (Bethlehem, Pa.), Matthew Kuhns (Youngstown, Ohio), Corey Michael Peterson (Bordentown, N.J.) and Christophe Bucher (Hillsborough, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic panel for a bath or shower wall, comprising at least one thermoformed thermoplastic layer, wherein the thermoplastic panel comprises a front side and a back side, the front side is configured to be visible and face an interior space, and comprises a tile pattern having a plurality of recessed grout lines surrounding ...