ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,713, issued on July 29, was assigned to ALFA HOLDING DI ANNARITA CAPONI E C. SAS (Pisa, Italy).

"Method for manufacturing a piece of furniture" was invented by Fabio Salvadori (Casciana Terme Lari, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the production of a piece of furniture such as a seat, a bed, a table, the piece of furniture including at least one furniture component (10), the method including the steps of making a blank (11) of expanded polystyrene (EPS) with density between 15 and 25 kg/me, the blank (11) being configured to act as a core for the furniture component (10); providing an interface surface (12) in the bl...