US Patent Issued to Purple Innovation on July 28 for "Texture masking of a patterned gel layer of a mattress" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,692, issued on July 28, was assigned to Purple Innovation LLC (Lehi, Utah).

"Texture masking of a patterned gel layer of a mattress" was invented by Janae Lois Pettit (Pleasant Grove, Utah), James T. Grutta (Draper, Utah) and Russell B. Whatcott (Eagle Mountain, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress cover masks, buffers, or dampens the feel of the texture of the upper surface of a patterned gel layer of an upper cushioning element of a mattress. The mattress cover includes an outer surface, a mask layer, an outer periphery, and an optional bottom. A configuration of the mask layer enables it to mask, buffer, or dampen the fe...