ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,294, issued on April 21, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Support apparatus for bariatric person" was invented by James Tumavich (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Ryan Ross (New Carlisle, Ind.) and Robert G. Cox (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support apparatus for a person includes a main cushion having a bottom surface, a top surface to form a support surface for a person supported on the main cushion, and a length having a perimeter that has longitudinal and lateral sides extending around the perimeter. In addition, the support apparatus has at least one sleeve located along one of the sides of the man cushio...