ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,438, issued on Sept. 23.

"Custom controlled seating surface technologies" was invented by Steven Jerome Caruso (Antioch, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of controlling various actuators associated with human support surfaces is disclosed. Such a system is made up of a support surface, a controller, and an actuator. The system may optionally include batteries, a means of charging the batteries, and a graphical user interface as well as a communication link between the graphical user interface and the support surfaces. The actuators are capable of altering contour and/or firmness, of a support surface, they may be vibrati...