ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,724, issued on Nov. 18.

"Travel pillow device, and method of manufacture" was invented by Debbie Kelly (Aurora, Colo.) and Da Lesha M Allen (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a travel pillow device, and a method of manufacture for a travel pillow comprised of five fabric layers wherein the first two fabric layers are stacked and folded to create a stuff-able pillow pocket, the third fabric layer is folded and stacked in alignment with the pillow pocket forming an exterior pocket, the fourth fabric layer is folded and stacked in alignment with the pillow pocket and exterior pocket forming an interio...