ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,204, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Round latch for a vehicle seat" was invented by Kyle M. Doxey (Saline, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back, and a round latch connected to both the seat cushion and the seat back. The round latch includes a lock plate consisting of two sets of locking apertures and a guide plate including one or more pawls configured to selectively engage the two sets of locking apertures. A first of the two sets of locking apertures corresponds to a stowed position of the vehicle s...