ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,721, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hit Notions LLC (Detroit).

"Pillow" was invented by Vita-Anne Brown (Detroit) and Jason Berke (Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pillow for ergonomically supporting a user includes a central supporting pillow having at least two arm support members extending from the central supporting pillow, an adjustable neck support member being cylindrical in shape and having an outer surface, and a bungee cord attached to the neck support member and the central support pillow, wherein the neck support member is freely adjustable and detachably attached using the bungee cord, the bungee cord...