US Patent Issued to Unovo on July 7 for "Modular work station" (California, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,272, issued on July 7, was assigned to Unovo LLC (Richmond, Calif.).

"Modular work station" was invented by Ehsan Alipour (San Rafael, Calif.), Stephen Jones (Mt.Pleasant, S.C.) and Joseph Benjamin Strecker (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mat for pressing articles with a steam iron is configured for connection to additional units of the mat by a mat connector having ribbed posts positioned to engage accessory apertures in each mat. Connected mats form a combined work surface without gaps, channels, or apertures formed along the edges and corners of adjacent mats. Each mat may be made from a textile including wo...