ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,841, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Polygroup Macau Ltd. (BVI) (Road Town, British Virgin Islands).
"Lighted inflatable apparatus" was invented by Ricky Tong (Shenzhen, China), Scott Hershock (East Dundee, Ill.), Yifeng Zhang (Xinxiang, China) and Chaolong Lan (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosed technology include a lighted inflatable pool including: a wall including a first inflatable chamber; a base; at least one lighting element disposed within the wall, the at least one lighting element being configured to emit light; and a receiver connected to the at least one lighting element, the recei...