ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,023, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LEAR Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Seat trim tensioner" was invented by Michael Ferrari (St. Clair Shores, Mich.), Michael Kint Alope (Cebu, Philippines), Ramil Dominic Reyes (Lapu-lapu, Philippines) and Fernando Reyes (Cebu, Philippines).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes a seat frame supporting a base cushion and an extendable cushion that moves relative to the base cushion. Textile material encloses the cushion assembly and includes a bridging segment that spans a space between the base cushion and the extendable cushion. A tensioner includes a roller that receives the segme...