ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,305, issued on May 5.
"Lightweight inflatable cushion" was invented by Greg Longe (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable cushion that is orally inflatable using exhaled air. The inflatable cushion also can be inflated by breathing into an inflation chamber portion of the cushion and then squeezing the inflation chamber (e.g., with a user's hands and fingers), thereby increasing the pressure, to push additional air into the passages and channels to fill the seat cushion. A separate deflation chamber of the seat cushion can have a tubular check valve designed to be squeezed that opens the valve to deflate. The deflation...