ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,702, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to The Boppy Co. LLC (Golden, Colo.).
"Firm support pillow" was invented by Haley Gibbons (Westminster, Colo.) and Sarah Lynne Gallegos (Lakewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support pillow includes a pillow body with a substantially straight medial region, a substantially straight first arm extending from the substantially straight medial region and a first free end. The pillow body further includes a substantially straight second arm extending from the substantially straight medial region and a second free end. A distance between the first free end and the second free end is at least ...