ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,509, issued on May 27, was assigned to MOTOMOTION CHINA Corp. (Changzhou, China).

"Powered rocking lounger chair" was invented by Chih Hsiung Liu (Benoni, South Africa) and Zhi Liang Gao (Xiaji Town, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and improved powered rocking lounger chair wherein the chair comprises a base assembly, a rocking assembly, a seat assembly, a backrest reclining assembly, a footrest assembly, a linkage assembly, at least one linear actuator for moving the seat assembly, the backrest reclining assembly, and the footrest assembly between a seating mode, a TV mode, and a reclining mode, and at least one limit sto...