ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,529, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hilton International Holding LLC (McLean, Va.).
"Headboard configuration" was invented by Phil Cordell (McLean, Va.), Jennifer McCardell (McLean, Va.), Barry Sullivan (McLean, Va.), Kenny Pyron (McLean, Va.), Joseph Sencen (McLean, Va.), Tom Horwitz (McLean, Va.), Rachael Leson (McLean, Va.), Adrianne Korczynski (McLean, Va.) and Kelli Fellers (McLean, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headboard is disclosed herein. The headboard includes: multiple back panels connected together to frame a mattress, each back panel capable of being separated from the other back panels and capable of being indi...