ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,678, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to M&H INNOVATIONS LLC (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"Postural awareness and exercise device" was invented by Marianne Madsen (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Holli Michaels (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A postural awareness device provides feedback when the lumbar is press down against a lumbar sensor to move a magnet toward a hall effect sensor or sensors. The magnet is configured in a sensor body that extends from a posture training mat and is resilient, wherein the sensor body can be compressed by the lumbar and then spring back to an original shape. A feedback device may include...