ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,700, issued on April 22, was assigned to Belgravia Wood Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Internal support system for an inflatable air mattress" was invented by Victor Hugo Ocegueda Gallaga (Baja California, Mexico), Chaolong Lan (Shenzhen, China) and Minglian Ma (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes an internal support structure for providing structural stability to an inflated air mattress. The internal support structure can include a loop of material and attachment strips to attach the loop to the top and bottom panels. The internal support structure can also include attachment st...