ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,237, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Purple Innovation LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Elastomeric cushioning elements with substantially cylindrical columns" was invented by Ahmed Mostafa (Lehi, Utah) and Christopher Campagnoni (Park City, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushioning element includes interconnected walls that define voids and hollow columns that are substantially cylindrical or cylindrical in shape. Some of the interconnected walls may project laterally from a wall that defines part of a hollow column to further define part of an interspace between a group of hollow columns. Methods of designing cushioning elements with h...