US Patent Issued to Bose on July 7 for "Acoustic headrest with adjustable surface" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,594, issued on July 7, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Acoustic headrest with adjustable surface" was invented by Bradford Kyle Subat (Northborough, Mass.) and Nicholas K. Lade (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of providing audio through or near a headrest are provided. A headrest includes an adjustable surface positioned to be proximate an occupants head when in use and an acoustic opening is configured to emit acoustic energy from an acoustic transducer in a range of directions in which an ear of the occupant is expected to occupy. The position of the adjustable surface gives some in...