ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,217, issued on July 8.

"Chair, pressing device" was invented by Christian Behrendt (Freilassing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a chair for accommodating a person. The chair includes an upper body section having an upper body contact surface adapted or adaptable to at least parts of a front of a torso or a rear of a torso of a person placed on the chair, and a lower body section having a lower body contact surface adapted or adaptable to at least parts of at least a front of a thigh of the person, wherein the upper body section and the lower body section are arranged or arrangeable and fixable in a pos...