ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,705, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE (Nanterre, France).

"Assembly for a vehicle interior comprising at least one armrest and vehicle interior comprising such an assembly" was invented by Cedric Habert (Essuiles, France) and Jeremy Floc'h (Allonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a vehicle interior includes at least one armrest each presenting a receiving surface for the elbow and/or forearm of an occupant of the vehicle interior and a support for the armrest. Each armrest has a panel movable in translation relative to the support according to an elevation direction between a first ...