ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,406, issued on Jan. 20.
"Inflatable mattress for use in a vehicle" was invented by James J. Pittman (Yorba Linda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable mattress for use in a vehicle is disclosed and claimed. The inflatable mattress may include a removable air pump, and a first longitudinal chamber that may include a pump cavity that receives and stores the removable air pump. The pump cavity may include a first inlet that is adapted to mate with an outlet of the removable air pump within the cavity for ready inflation of the first longitudinal chamber without removal of the air pump from the cavity. The inflatable mattr...