US Patent Issued to EXPLISEAT on Oct. 21 for "Vehicle seat having a backrest equipped with shock absorbing means" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,127, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to EXPLISEAT (Paris).

"Vehicle seat having a backrest equipped with shock absorbing means" was invented by Benjamin Saada (Paris) and Thomas Chevrier (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat intended to be fixed to the floor of a vehicle includes a seat part incorporating a lower frame, and a backrest incorporating an upper frame secured to the lower frame by at least one fastener that allows the backrest to tilt in the event of an impact, by rotation about a transverse axis. The fastener includes a link rod having a first end connected to the lower frame by a first pivot link of axis parallel...