ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,458, issued on Sept. 22.
"Torso aerator" was invented by John Paris (Warrenton, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torso aerator has a cylinder with two ends, a cover upon at least one end, a plurality of apertures in each cover, a fan upon the cylinder, electrical supply to the fan, and at least one padding upon the cylinder spaced away from the fan. The cylinder has a wall between the two ends and the fan has a position generally centered upon the wall with fluid communication into the cylinder. The fan draws air through the apertures into the cylinder and then exhausts the air from the cylinder upon the body of a user using the...