ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,540, issued on June 17, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Vehicle seat arrangement" was invented by Sylvia Kleindl (Munich), Joerg Kutzschbach (Petershausen, Germany), Dieter Strasser (Oberhausen, Germany) and Bernhard Weiler (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat arrangement has at least two seats, which are arranged next to one another in a transverse direction of the seat on a common seat bench, and a common seat backrest that can be inclined about a transverse axis. The common seat backrest is adjustable from an upright seating position into a resting or reclined position which is inclined towa...