ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,592, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ShowerNow LLC (Timnath, Colo.).
"Apparatus and method for conserving shower water" was invented by Bruce Lockwood (Timnath, Colo.), David Lockwood (Spearfish, S.D.), Frank Strazzabosco (Erie, Colo.) and Sean Flickinger (Lakewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for prompting a person using a shower to conserve water includes a shower temperature sensing and signal producing unit for mounting on a shower pipe to sense when hot water arrives in the shower pipe and to signal the shower user that the hot water has arrived, thus time to start showering. The apparatus inc...