US Patent Issued to SEALY TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 30 for "Hybrid pillow" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,747, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC (Trinity, N.C.).

"Hybrid pillow" was invented by Brian M. Manuszak (Thomasville, N.C.), Robbie Hanson (Greensboro, N.C.), James A. Beamon (Jamestown, N.C.), Allen M. Platek (Jamestown, N.C.) and Kevin Tar (Summerfield, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid pillow includes a first coil panel and a second coil panel which are joined along peripheral edges to form an inner shell defining a gap therebetween. The first coil panel is formed of a plurality of coil springs, an upper fabric layer, and a lower fabric layer, with the upper fabric layer and the lower fabric la...