ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,253, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to THE LOVESAC COMPANY (Stamford, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for tuning based on furniture configuration" was invented by Shawn Nelson (Washington, Utah), David Underwood (Hurricane, Utah), Brian Kuchler (Hurricane, Utah) and Clint Gibson (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic furniture assembly of the present invention includes: (i) a furniture assembly comprising: (A) a base (e.g., a seat portion), (B) at least one transverse or upright member (e.g., a side, armrest or backrest), and (ii) a speaker system mounted within one or more portions of the furniture assembly. A me...