ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,191, issued on July 15, was assigned to SEKISUI PLASTICS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing molded foam, and molded foam" was invented by Masaki Otsuki (Osaka, Japan) and Atsushi Fukuta (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method for manufacturing a molded foam, and a molded foam. A method for manufacturing a molded foam includes: a molding step of molding the molded foam; and a releasing step of opening a fixed mold and a mobile mold and extruding the molded foam from the fixed mold by an ejector pin. The molded foam has an inclined face that is inclined relative to a direction of opening the m...