ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,865, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SCHUKRA BERNDORF GMBH (Berndorf, Austria).

"Pneumatic bladder arrangement for neckrest" was invented by Martin Kalmutzki (Spalt, Germany) and Felix Severin Roth (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pneumatic bladder arrangement (300) for a neckrest (N) or cushion support (C) of a seat (S) comprising a base inflatable bladder (320) having a shape mainly elongated along a longitudinal axis (X), at least two side inflatable bladders (330), partially overlapping the base inflatable bladder (320) and positioned so that end regions (R1, R3) of the base infla...