ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,338, issued on April 15, was assigned to Magna Seating Inc. (Aurora, Canada).

"Seat assembly with return interlock element" was invented by Michael Kapusky (South Lyon, Mich.) and Ronald A Zimmerman II (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly for movement between a plurality of positions within an automotive vehicle includes a seat back pivotally coupled to a seat cushion and a seat track assembly with a sliding track repositionable along a fixed track for movement of the seat assembly between a forward position and a rearward position. A linkage assembly extends between the seat cushion and the sliding track ...