ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,398, issued on June 2, was assigned to Project Soak LLC (Irving, Texas).
"Shower base or bathtub" was invented by Matthew Kuhns (Canfield, Ohio), Beda Angelo Pormentilla (Jersey City, N.J.), Corey Peterson (Bordentown, N.J.), Jeffrey Lyn Stitt (Levittown, Pa.) and Nitin S. Kolekar (Hillsborough, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower or tub assembly comprising a shower base or bathtub having a floor comprising an upper surface and a lower surface; and a support structure coupled to the floor lower surface, wherein when the shower or tub is in use, the floor upper surface is exposed and configured for a person to sit or stand on,...