US Patent Issued to Youngblood IP Holdings on Sept. 23 for "Bedding components including fluid absorbing gel beads" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,435, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Youngblood IP Holdings LLC (Mooresville, N.C.).

"Bedding components including fluid absorbing gel beads" was invented by Tara Youngblood (Mooresville, N.C.), Todd Youngblood (Mooresville, N.C.) and G. Peter Macon (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mattress insert, able to be inserted into a traditional mattress, includes a plurality of compartments, each containing gel beads and water suitable for simulating the feeling, pressure relief, and temperature regulation of a waterbed. The mattress insert is placed into a foam structural material of the mattress, providing the mattres...