ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,855, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Shower assembly" was invented by Kenneth Scott Hanna (Bellingham, Wash.), Michael James Soetaert (Sheboygan, Wis.), Keith Scott Ruh (Elkhart Lake, Wis.) and William Clement Kuru (Plymouth, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower assembly. The assembly may include a housing defining a housing portion with a waterway through which water flows, the waterway extending parallel to an axis from an inlet to an outlet, the housing portion defining an inner wall, a passage housing portion defining a passage upstream of the inlet and the waterway, and a receptacle defined...