US Patent Issued on Nov. 11 for "True pure prone positioning mattress for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,150, issued on Nov. 11.

"True pure prone positioning mattress for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea" was invented by Dale Michael Scheider (Garden Grove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This patent is for a Pure Prone Positioning (PPP) mattress (001) allowing for one or more people to sleep on a bed in the prone position with their face straight into the mattress plane. Structurally the mattress fits within a standard bed footprint and midpoint where the head is normally positioned on the mattress, a cavity of substantial size is designed for placement of a face rest proning assembly to be positioned there. The face rest...