ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,757, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SELLE ROYAL GROUP S.P.A. (Pozzoleone, Italy).

"Method for the realization of a support element for the human body and a support element so obtained" was invented by Barbara Bigolin (Pozzoleone, Italy) and Marco Malfatti (Pozzoleone, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a support element for the human body equipped with a first component or support component, a second component or padding component, wherein at least the second component or padding component is obtained by means of a three-dimensional printing technique; and an apparatus for implementing the method for obtai...