ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,004, issued on Sept. 8.
"Lifesaving cocoon for use during travel" was invented by Alberto Nardin (Regina, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus provides a lifesaving, cocoon and includes a seat arranged to be mounted in a passenger transportation and a pod unit with rounded, semi-rigid walls surrounding and securely enclosing a human body on the seat. The pod unit has an outer skin of a flexible material supported on a generally helical wire interior frame which is coiled into a generally oval exterior shape with upper and lower ends which are narrower than a central area. The outer skin of the pod unit can be made of spide...