ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,960, issued on July 14.
"Methods and apparatus for furniture protection" was invented by Thomas Jacob Flitsch (Moorpark, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for creating furniture protection which may be easily installed and removed are disclosed. The stored furniture protection may be designed to function as decorative items for the furniture such as pillows, bolsters and the like. In some examples, the stored furniture protection may take a form as a pillow and then when unfolded may form a lightweight impermeable cover for the furniture."
The patent was filed on Oct. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/483,0...