ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,066, issued on Sept. 15.
"Morphable surface" was invented by Anne DeWitte (Fairport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A morphable surface including a support structure including a top surface and a bottom surface and at least one shape element including a head, a base plate, a post configured to connect the head and the base plate and be slidably disposed through an opening in the support structure, a spring configured to be disposed between the bottom surface of the support structure and the base plate, an actuator configured to urge against the base plate and be disposed in a first state and a second state, wherein the first st...