US Patent Issued to Ruggable on Sept. 29 for "Faux hide material" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,534, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ruggable LLC (Gardena, Calif.).

"Faux hide material" was invented by Lydia Wei-Ju Chen (Lakewood, Calif.) and Therese Mona-Lisa Germain (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a washable rug comprises a faux hide material. The faux hide material, comprising layers of synthetic material, including a top layer with directionalized polyester filaments providing a look and/or feel like natural hide. A cushioning layer includes knitted layers sandwiching attaching yarn. The faux hide material is sufficiently malleable to be folded, rolled, compressed, and withstand mult...