ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,855, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Purple Innovation LLC (Lehi, Utah).
"Cushioning elements with pressurizable cells" was invented by James T. Grutta (Draper, Utah), Russell B. Whatcott (Eagle Mountain, Utah) and Brett Pearson (Taylorsville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushioning element includes pressurizable cells. The pressurizable cells of the cushioning elements are grouped into a plurality of sets, with each set of pressurizable cells being independently pressurizable from every other set of pressurizable cells of the cushioning element. The pressurizable cells may extend across a widths of the cushioning eleme...