ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,729, issued on April 22.
"Curved outward shower curtain liner" was invented by Glenn Steven Gross (Boynton Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for increasing the volume for showers bounded by shower curtains and/or shower curtain liners. This system uses a curved outward shower curtain liner device. This device generally comprises a foldable body, comprising a flexible, water impermeable, material configured with the body left sides and body right sides capable of reversibly folding and unfolding from a first shorter folded width to a second longer unfolded width. The shower curtain liner body further compri...