ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,339, issued on July 22.
"Bed pad system" was invented by Thomas Menna (Johnstown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bed pad system having at least two mattress pads covers to form a larger single mattress pad cover. Each of the mattress pad covers is adapted to individually receive a mattress pad. There is at least one connecting tab extending from each of the mattress pad covers. Each connecting tab from each of the mattress pad covers is aligned on the mattress pad cover to match up with the connecting tab of the other mattress pad cover to form the single larger mattress pad cover from the at least two mattress pads covers."
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