ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,548, issued on June 10.
"Soap holder" was invented by Maria Teresa Zenone (Cavagliano Frazione Bellinzago, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soap holder for supporting a soap bar having a through-hole includes at least one elongate body having a prevailing extension direction and being capable of being inserted within the through-hole, an attachment system connected to the elongate body and configured to constrain the elongate body to a support member with the prevailing extension direction parallel to the vertical direction, a holding element configured to support the soap bar preventing the soap bar from sliding away from the ...