ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,225, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Turf Design Inc. (Gilberts, Ill.).

"Ceiling system" was invented by Dustin Headley (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Jason Gillette (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceiling system comprising a plurality of ceiling tiles each comprising a felt backer panel and a plurality of felt ceiling components mounted to the felt backer panel. The plurality of felt ceiling components arranged parallel to one another along a bottom surface of the felt backer panel. The plurality of ceiling tiles mounted to a ceiling hanger system so that each of the plurality of ceiling tiles encloses one of a plurality o...