ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,214, issued on Feb. 24.
"Variable stiffness cantilevered support" was invented by Roger J. Malcolm (San Clemente, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oblong, resilient, semi-rigid cantilevered support member can have a pair of spaced apart tapering rods joined by a medial webbing strip. The strip can have a substantially planar back surface tangent with the back edges of the tapering rods to form a substantially quadrangular and planar back side to the member albeit with rounded side edges. The strip can have a generally trapezoidal front surface that is scalloped in a concave manner. The member can be made from a unitary piece ...