ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,602, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).

"Seat for a vehicle and vehicle comprising such a seat" was invented by Farouk Bouzid (Bretigny sur Orge, France), Sylvain Roche (Varennes Changy, France) and David Epaud (Lardy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat having a seat bottom comprising a ramp and a stop, a slide comprising a first slide segment and a second slide segment, a movable element capable of being moved relative to the slide, the seat bottom being pivotally mounted relative to the movable element about a pivot axis, an articulation member that is stationary rela...