ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,981, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd. (Turrella, Australia).
"Support unit for use on an article of furniture" was invented by David King (Turrella, Australia), Anastasie Panagopoulos (Turrella, Australia) and David Hardwick (Turrella, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support unit for use on an article of furniture includes an adjustable support structure displacably mountable to the article of furniture and a cushion member carried by the support structure. The support structure is configured to be arranged in a first orientation relative to the article of furniture for enabling the cushio...