ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,014, issued on June 17, was assigned to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC. (Vancouver, Canada).
"Exercise mat" was invented by Yogendra V. Dandapure (Richmond, Canada), Katherine Douglas (Vancouver, Canada), Glenn Malcolm Boghosian (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) and Chen I. Kao (Dacun Township, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise mat comprising: at least one top layer comprising polyurethane, at least one bottom layer, and at least one middle layer disposed between the at least one top layer and the at least one bottom layer."
The patent was filed on Feb. 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/165,705.
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