ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,009, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to THE LOVESAC COMPANY (Stamford, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for correcting sound loss through partially acoustically transparent materials" was invented by Shawn Nelson (Washington, Utah), David Underwood (Hurricane, Utah), Brian Kuchler (Hurricane, Utah) and Clint Gibson (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio-enhanced furniture system comprises: a furniture assembly having a partially acoustically transparent material, such as an upholstery fabric or a perforated, rigid structure that is perforated in order to be more acoustically transparent; and a speaker system positioned...