US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on Dec. 30 for "Lower-leg support for a vehicle seat, vehicle seat of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle" (German, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,968, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Lower-leg support for a vehicle seat, vehicle seat of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle" was invented by Bernd Schmidt (Wildberg, Germany) and Tejas Joshi (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lower leg support for a vehicle seat includes first and second securing elements which secure the lower-leg support to the vehicle seat. A first displacement element is rotatably connected to the first securing element and a second displacement element is rigidly connected to the second securing element. A first support element is rotatably held on th...