ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,119, issued on March 25, was assigned to caligri GmbH (Bonn, Germany).
"Inflatable lighting body" was invented by Michael Matuschek (Bonn, Germany) and Luca Oltenau (Bonn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an inflatable lighting body comprising an inflatable gas-tight inner sleeve, an outer sleeve which is translucent at least in some regions and which surrounds the inner sleeve, means for attaching at least one lighting means to the lighting body in such a manner that the lighting means emits light into the interior of the lighting body and dispenses light outwards as diffused light via translucent reg...