ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,188, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sunbeam Products Inc. (Atlanta).
"Conforming heating pad" was invented by Sergiu Mihail Pop (Lake Worth, Fla.) and Matthew Allen Johnson (South Haven, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a heating pad that conforms to body parts of a user. The conforming heating pad can be worn to provide heat relief on different parts of a user's body. In an embodiment, a conforming heating pad includes a first layer on a posterior side of the heating pad, a second layer, a third layer, and a fourth layer on an anterior side of the heating pad. A continuous heating elemen...