We present a visco-elastic model for demonstration of reversible mechanical memory storage. The paper titled "Imprinting reversible deformations on compressed soft rods network" is published online at https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/sm/d4sm00099d/ It can be cited as: Soft Matter, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4SM00099D