US Patent Issued to WCM Industries on Sept. 2 for "Shower drain assemblies" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,664, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to WCM Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Shower drain assemblies" was invented by Eric Pilarczyk (Colorado Springs, Colo.), William T. Ball (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Kevin Hogan (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shower drain assemblies and their components are disclosed. In some examples, a shower drain assembly may include a shower drain, a retaining ring, a sealing ring assembly, or a combination thereof. The retaining ring may fit inside the shower drain, and the sealing ring assembly may fit inside the shower drain and on top of the retaining ring. In some o...