ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,038, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Variowell Development GmbH (Munster, Germany).

"Shaped body made from a foam and springs as well as uses thereof" was invented by Tobias Kirchhoff (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaped body includes at least one spring and at least one foam section. An uppermost section of the foam section is attached to an uppermost section of the at least one spring and a lowest section of the foam section is attached to the lowest section of the at least one spring. The uppermost section is attached by affixation through a top plate to the at least one spring and the lowest section is att...