ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,211, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Ballast Outdoor Gear LLC (Atlanta).

"Travel and outdoor pillows" was invented by Brian Thomas Kirk (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of present disclosure provide a pillow. One embodiment provides a pillow including a u-shaped main body comprising a left portion, a right portion, and an upper portion and an aperture is provided between the left portion, the right portion, and the upper portion. Furthermore, the embodiment of the pillow includes an inflatable air bladder inside the u-shaped main body. In this embodiment, the pillow also includes a left pillar on the bottom of t...