US Patent Issued to Polaris Industries on March 25 for "Vehicle seating arrangements" (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,929, issued on March 25, was assigned to Polaris Industries Inc. (Medina, Minn.).

"Vehicle seating arrangements" was invented by Aaron D. Deckard (Zionsville, Ind.), Travis J. Saari (Eau Claire, Wis.), Rory A. Lindeberg (Wyoming, Minn.) and Scott A. Miller (Lino Lakes, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating arrangement for a vehicle is shown to include a plurality of seats, including at least two front seats, at least two rear seats, and a rear jump seat positioned intermediate the two rear seats. The jump seat comprises a seat back which is positioned rearwardly of the rear seats, and the rear seats are movable laterally be...