ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,179, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KIDS2 LLC (Atlanta).

"Folding baby bath seat" was invented by Dana Chicca (Somerset, Mass.) and Robert Blackadar (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable baby bath seat assembly includes a seat assembly supported by a foldable frame assembly having a forward floor-engaging portion pivotally coupled to a rear floor-engaging portion via a folding mechanism. The folding mechanism has first and second pivoting assemblies on opposite sides of the frame assembly, each of which comprises an actuator that allows the rear floor-engaging portion to pivot with respect to the seat assembly...