ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,396, issued on June 2, was assigned to Project Soak LLC (Irving, Texas).
"Modular shelf system" was invented by Matthew A. Kuhns (Canfield, Ohio), Ronald D. Barndt (Bethlehem, Pa.), Eryk Luczynski (Sayreville, N.J.) and Harshil Sheth (Somerset, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular shelf system for a bath or shower wall, comprising one or more shelves and a panel, wherein the panel comprises a flange configured to be parallel planar with a bath or shower wall, the panel comprises a cavity configured to removably receive the one or more shelves, the panel cavity is configured to be recessed within the bath or shower wall, the o...