ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,005, issued on June 3.
"Seating apparatus" was invented by Stan Pletcher (Niles, Mich.) and Sam Pletcher (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented is a seating apparatus that is enabled to allow a doctor or a surgeon to achieve an appropriate sitting posture during surgery. The seating apparatus includes a seat mount, a strut, a back-rest, a pedal, a seat and a support base. The seat is connected to the seat mount through a fastening means such that the seat is suspended over the seat mount leaving a gap between the seat and the seat mount. The pedal is operatively coupled to a lower end of the strut and the pedal is conf...