ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,804, issued on July 8, was assigned to BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP. (Shanghai).
"Side-embossed inflatable product" was invented by Shuiyong Huang (Shanghai), Yihua You (Shanghai), Qingshui Song (Shanghai) and Bingrong Wu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable product is provided including a top sheet, a bottom sheet, a lateral confining sheet, and an internal connecting sheet. A peripheral edge of the top sheet is connected to an upper edge of the lateral confining sheet, and a peripheral edge of the bottom sheet is connected to a lower edge of the lateral confining sheet, forming an inflatable chamber. An uppe...