ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,227, issued on July 8.
"Bubble massage float apparatus and method" was invented by Michael Bell (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for providing therapeutic bubbling massage of a person's body. The apparatus may be adapted to float on, for example, a pond, lake or pool. The apparatus may be formed of an inflatable bladder having an interior volume that is pressurized with air. The weight of a user disposed on the upper surfaces of the inflatable bladder may force a portion of the bladder below the surface of the fluid in which the apparatus is floating, such that bubbles are formed when the ...