ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,718, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Maternity pillow" was invented by Hanna Zhang (Shenzhen, China) and Silin Pan (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a maternity pillow. The maternity pillow includes a headrest and a side pillow. One side of the headrest is provided with two connection elements spaced apart along a length direction of the headrest. The side pillow is provided on the one side of the headrest and is detachably connected to any of the connection elements."

The patent was filed on July 24, 2023, under Application N...