ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,872, issued on March 25, was assigned to HELEN OF TROY Ltd. (St. Michael, Barbados).
"Foldable bath tub" was invented by Martin Mutch (New York), Elizabeth Kaye Steenwyk (Detroit), Sunny Kim (Douglaston, N.Y.) and Thomas Chia Hanson (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall disposed between and interconnecting the base and the rim. The bottom wall has an upwardly extending crotch support. The basin wall includes at least one crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition in which the basin wall is folded into itself at the at least one cr...