ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,564, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Outmore Living Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Outdoor furniture piece with temperature control" was invented by Kevin Jeffrey Long (Austin, Texas) and Alex Joseph Duncan (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outdoor furniture piece, including: a plurality of members coupled together to form a structure of the outdoor furniture piece; a cushion positioned adjacent to one or more first members of the plurality of members of the structure; a heating element coupled to the cushion; and a power source coupled to a second member of the plurality of members, the power source in electrical co...