ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,637, issued on Sept. 16.

"Pneumatic pocket and application thereof" was invented by Fu-Chung Ko (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic pocket, manufactured by blow molding, has a top portion, a bottom portion, a pocket body connected between the top portion and the bottom portion, defining an air chamber therein, and a through hole communicating the air chamber and the outside. The pocket body has a responding portion and an assembly portion formed in the pocket body in a staggered manner. The responding portion allows the top portion to be deformed and telescoped towards the bottom portion for bearing an exter...