ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,941, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DewertOkin Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Jiaxing, China).

"Seat bracket and zero-wall-gap seat with seat bracket" was invented by Weiyao Zhou (Zhejiang, China), Liming Yang (Zhejiang, China) and Qiqi Ye (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat bracket and a zero-wall-gap seat with the seat bracket are provided. The seat bracket includes: a base; a linkage assembly including a bracket side plate and a linkage assembly, wherein the linkage assembly is hinged with the base and the bracket side plate is hinged on the linkage assembly; and a backrest mechanism including a backrest mountin...