ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,145, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ferdinand Lusch GmbH (Schlosse Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany).

"Swivel fitting of seating furniture for adjusting a foot part and seating furniture with adjustable foot part" was invented by Andreas Thorwesten (Hoevelhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described and represented is a swivel fitting of seating furniture for adjusting a foot part from a retracted non-use position to an extended use position, with a mounting section for mounting on a chassis of the seating furniture, with a foot part section for mounting the foot part, with a foot part fitting for adjusting the foot part, wherei...