ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,110, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Sunbeam Products Inc. (Atlanta).

"Heating pad with storage" was invented by Lalit Mandal (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Jill Walters (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention provides a heating pad with a storage pouch and/or straps. The heating pad itself can store its controller and cord in a neat and compact manner within the pouch and/or secured by the straps or another fastener like a hook and loop fastener."

The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/504,258.

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