ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,437, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (LN Delft, Netherlands).
"Upholstery member" was invented by Jens Bengtsson (Almhult, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An upholstery member includes a base board (101) having at least one base board opening (116), a fixation arrangement (140), and a resilient wadding (102). The wadding (102) is pressed at least to some extent through the base board opening (116) and connected to the fixation arrangement (140), thereby forming an indent (130) in the upholstery member (100). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the upholstery member comprisin...