ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,313, issued on May 5, was assigned to Bed Patent Holdings LLC (Las Vegas).

"System and method for customizing a mattress" was invented by Kevin J. Kappenman (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for customizing a mattress includes acquiring a three dimensional image of a body of a user and preparing, by a processor, a three dimensional model of the body of the user using the three-dimensional image. The method also includes dividing, by the processor, the three dimensional model into a plurality of cylindrical sections arranged parallel to each other and arrayed along a height of the three dimensional model,...