ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,266, issued on March 24.
"Surface support apparatus and methods for using the same" was invented by William H. Cowles (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface support apparatus and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a tetrahedron structure having a centroid at a geometric center of the tetrahedron structure, four vertices of the tetrahedron structure, and four leg portions that each extend outwardly from the centroid of the tetrahedron structure to one of the four vertices of the tetrahedron structure is provided, where: (i) each leg portion has a body portion having a tubular shape and a...