ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,858, issued on Feb. 10.

"Flexible slide for neck and head support" was invented by David Toporowski (Burlington, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a comfort device for head and neck support. The comfort device includes a slide panel having first and second panel ends. The comfort device further includes a pad attached to the first panel end of the slide panel. The pad has first and second pad ends such that (i) the first pad end is fixedly attached to a first surface of the slide panel to form a through cavity and (ii) the second pad end is a free end. Further, the comfort device includes a first band that is inserted ...