ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,863, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MAYFAIR AIR INC. (Las Vegas).

"Inflatable mattress" was invented by Magdalena Wilson (Salt Lake City) and Christopher Lee (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable mattress with a hollow interior cavity is disclosed. An air mattress may include a top panel, a bottom panel, and a plurality of side panels. The air mattress may include a hollow cavity that is configured to be inflated. The air mattress may include a bumper located within the hollow cavity. The bumper may have a bottom side and a top side. The bottom side may extend uninterrupted around a perimeter of the air mat...