US Patent Issued to Exokinetics on July 8 for "Lifting mechanism and chairs" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,207, issued on July 8, was assigned to Exokinetics Inc..

"Lifting mechanism and chairs" was invented by Garrett W. Brown (Philadelphia) and John Christopher Fawcett (Antrim, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable lifting mechanism for use as or with a seating apparatus. The lifting mechanism has a base to which a pivot of a parallelogram structure is attached. A spring extends from a first link of the parallelogram to an adjustable termination point on a second link of the parallelogram to form a lifting triangle. A lifting power adjustment mechanism adjusts the position of the spring termination point with respect...