US Patent Issued to Pro-Cord on Feb. 18 for "Chair with a tilting backrest" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,029, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Pro-Cord S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Chair with a tilting backrest" was invented by Giancarlo Piretti (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chair includes a base structure, a seat carried by the base structure, and a backrest movable relative to the seat between a rest position and a rearward inclined position, wherein the backrest has a connecting portion having a front surface and a rear surface, and wherein the seat has first and second guide surfaces which guide, respectively, the front surface and the rear surface of the connecting portion of the backrest."

The patent was filed o...