ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,026, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Vehicle seat having a foot and/or calf support" was invented by Sylvia Kleindl (Munich) and Michael Leng (Geltendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat has a foot and/or calf support, a lower seat part which has a seat surface and can be coupled to a vehicle structure having an interior floor in a preferably longitudinally displaceable manner, and a backrest having a backrest surface. The foot and/or calf support has a support surface that is arranged in front of the lower seat part and is movable between a stowed position and a use pos...