ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,632, issued on Sept. 16.
"Convertible chair" was invented by Steven Richard Spong (East Cowes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible chair adapted for conversion between a sitting configuration and a kneeling configuration includes_a base support, a knee-back rest movably coupled to the base support by a pivot arm, a seat movably coupled to the base support by a coupling mechanism, and a connecting arm linking the pivot arm and the seat. The seat is arranged to move relative to the base support between a first seat position corresponding to the sitting configuration and a second seat position corresponding to th...