ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,684, issued on March 31, was assigned to Archem Inc. (Tokyo).

"Seat pad and method for manufacturing seat pad" was invented by Akira Hashizume (Yokohama, Japan) and Masaki Shinagawa (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat pad including a cushion pad 1. The cushion pad (1) includes a soft foam (2) and a beaded foam (3) embedded in the soft foam (2). The bottom surface of the cushion pad (1) is formed by the bottom surface (2f2) of the soft foam (2)."

The patent was filed on Nov. 19, 2021, under Application No. 18/559,794.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto....