ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,006, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Superior Sauna Co. LLC (Ashland, Wis.).

"Prefabricated/modular sauna" was invented by David Dragseth (Ashland, Wis.), Seth Kiefer (Ashland, Wis.), Justus Benson (Soldiers Grove, Wis.) and Shaelyn Crutchley (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a prefabricated/modular sauna and methods of manufacturing and assembling a prefabricated/modular sauna. For instance, a prefabricated/modular sauna may include: a base frame; a plurality of posts; a plurality of panels; a roof frame; and a roof panel. The base frame and the roof frame include beams and have beam intersections betw...