ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,783, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ANDREW INDUSTRIES LTD. (Altham, Great Britain).
"Needlefelt portable support pad" was invented by Alan Robert Lebold (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Justin William Popek (Spencerport, N.Y.) and Jake Edward Schoelles (Buffalo, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some examples include a portable support pad constructed of nonwoven needlefelt, such as for relieving physical stress and fatigue endured from extended kneeling, sitting, lying and/or standing on rigid, flat, irregular, and/or un-even surfaces. The support pad constructed of the nonwoven needlefelt is flexible porous, absorptive, and chemically...