US Patent Issued to Purple Innovation on Nov. 3 for "Cushions including one or more zones of different materials and related methods of manufacture for improved yield" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,311, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Purple Innovation LLC (Draper, Utah).

"Cushions including one or more zones of different materials and related methods of manufacture for improved yield" was invented by Tony M. Pearce (Alpine, Utah), Lars Christen Hamilton (Alpine, Utah) and Tanner Rick Wheadon (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a cushioning element including forming a large cushioning element, and then dividing the large cushioning element into four equal smaller cushioning elements. The four smaller cushioning elements may be substantially the same size. Each of the smaller cushioning elements may b...