ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,215, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Wrmth Corp. (Coldwater, Canada).
"Heating-capable seating unit with draining element" was invented by John W. Pomeroy (Toronto), Sally Jean Daub (Toronto) and Theodore Charles Shropshire (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating unit includes a seat back having a front side and a back side, and a seat bottom having a top side and an underside. A first heating element of the seating unit, attached to the back side of the seat back, can be configured to deliver first heating through the seat back to a user while seated in the seating unit when electrically powered. A second heating elemen...