US Patent Issued to Present Materials on June 23 for "Yoga block" (German, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,547, issued on June 23, was assigned to Present Materials Ltd (London).

"Yoga block" was invented by Lindsey Darwin Growald (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Daniel S. Growald (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Johann Boedecker (Berlin), Lauren Greenwood (Berlin) and Volodymyr Nesin (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A yoga block includes a plurality of block panels defining a block outer surface substantially conforming to a cuboid shape with beveled or rounded edges and corners. An inner support interfaces with a plurality of inner surfaces of a portion of the plurality of block panels. The inner support includes a plurality of cross member...