US Patent Issued to TORATANI on July 7 for "Mat" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,724, issued on July 7, was assigned to TORATANI Co. LTD. (Ishikawa, Japan).

"Mat" was invented by Ikuo Toratani (Ishikawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress is designed to facilitate breathing in a supine position. The mattress includes: two serratus posterior superior corresponding parts disposed below a region corresponding to a middle part between origin and insertion of each of left and right serratus posterior superior muscles of a human in a supine position; two scapula supporting sections; and a sixth thoracic vertebra corresponding part disposed below a region corresponding to an area including a sixth thoracic v...