ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,962, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Vehicle and vehicle seat" was invented by Kazuki Ishibashi (Hyogo, Japan) and Takashi Hisamura (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle, which includes a seat and can travel on rough terrain, is provided. The seat includes a sitting part that can seat three passengers side by side in a right-left direction that is a width direction of the vehicle, and a backrest part. The sitting part includes a first sitting part in a left region, a second sitting part in a right region, and a third sitting part in a central region, in the right-left ...