ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,891, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Lovevery Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Reconfigurable infant play mats and displays" was invented by Jessica Thacher Crolick Rolph (Boise, Idaho), Roderick Neal Morris (Boise, Idaho) and Seth Thomas Murray (Piedmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant play mat with a flexible central mat portion having a fabric surface that forms a first infant play area and including multiple flexible flaps extending from straight edges of the play mat. The infant play mat has a polygonal perimeter with multiple straight edges, with two of the edges defining a corner therebetween. Multiple flexible flaps ...