US Patent Issued to Indiana Mills & Manufacturing on Aug. 5 for "Bus seat with self-reinforced pedestal" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,757, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. (Westfield, Ind.).

"Bus seat with self-reinforced pedestal" was invented by Shreyas Srinivasan (Fishers, Ind.) and Darshan Racca (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bench type seat frame for use in vehicles, such as busses and/or other passenger vehicles has been developed. In one example, the seat frame includes a reinforced pedestal mount. For example, the pedestal includes one or more self-reinforced feet mounted to a floor of the vehicle. In another example, the self-reinforced feet are made from folded steel in a double thickness configuration. T...