ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,272, issued on March 3, was assigned to Formosa Saint Jose Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Inflatable mattress structure with overlapping independent air chambers" was invented by Ming-Shun Yang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable mattress structure having overlapping independent air chambers includes a cover made of a flexible material and including a top cover portion, a bottom cover portion, and a middle cover portion; at least one middle divider arranged inside the cover and having a periphery securely and entirely affixed to the middle cover portion; an enclosed air chamber formed by the cover and divided by th...