US Patent Issued to CVS Pharmacy on Nov. 25 for "Shower chair with ergonomic support and washdown features" (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,221, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CVS Pharmacy Inc. (Woonsocket, R.I.).

"Shower chair with ergonomic support and washdown features" was invented by Robert Beale Van Varick (Yardley, Pa.), Donald Samuel Strum (Princeton, N.J.), George Benjamin Wintner (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ryan Crist (McFarland, Wis.) and Gregory P. Allison (Allentown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved shower chair having washdown surfaces, reconfigurable arrangements, and enhanced safety features. The shower chair includes a backrest that removably attaches to an underside of the shower chair offset from, and arranged below, a seat pan. Removing the ba...