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About UsThe BackThing® was designed and patented as The Flat-Back in 1973 by Dr. Richard Light, the grandson of W.E. Upjohn, the founder of the global pharmaceutical conglomerate the Upjohn Company. Dr. Light was an early long-distance flier, former president of the American Geographical Society, and pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. Dr. Light died in 1994 at the age of 92. |