ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,050, issued on March 18, was assigned to Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).
"Method for producing a seat support element" was invented by Anne-Sophie Cabouillet (Boissy-le-Sec, France), Fabrice Etienne (Bavilliers, France), Pierre Fichet Delavault (Montrouge, France) and Davy Phomsavanh (Bourg-la-Reine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat support element having an outer layer that includes an outer surface and an inner surface, a synthetic skin extending over the inner surface of the outer layer, and a first foam layer extending over the synthetic skin. A method of forming the seat support element includes the...