ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,736, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Field trimmable receptor" was invented by Kenneth L. Stout (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.) and Jose Luis Ortiz Palacios (Kohler, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for installing a receptor in a shower environment includes measuring a distance between a drain of the shower environment and a wall of the shower environment. The method also includes identifying a marking on the receptor that corresponds to the distance. The marking indicates where to cut the receptor to remove a portion of a rim of the receptor such that an opening in the receptor aligns with the drai...