ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,541, issued on May 27, was assigned to Leaf Home Safety Solutions (Hudson, Ohio).

"Modular shower base kit" was invented by Michael Gori (Norton, Ohio) and Thomas Victor Czerny (Streetsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular shower base kit includes configurable and compatible components including shower bases and shower perimeter components. The shower perimeter components are arranged to attach to edges of a shower base and subsequently secure the shower base to various shower enclosures such as panels, walls, and doors. A shower base may include an integrated threshold along one edge of the shower base. A shower base k...