ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,327, issued on June 16, was assigned to COWAY Co. LTD. (Gongju-si, South Korea).

"Mattress assembly and furniture including same" was invented by Dong Min Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Min Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Byung Il Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress assembly includes an air pocket, a flow channel, pumps for making air flow into the air pocket, a valve that regulates the air flow in the flow channel and air pocket, and a controller for controlling the pump and the valve so that the hardness of the air pocket changes. The flow channel includes first and second injection flow path members that...