ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,709, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Longboat Key, Fla.).

"Swivel rocker with roll and pitch motion" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.), Caleb Summers (Minneapolis) and Brian M. McMahon (Palatine, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel rocker having a swivel rocker frame that in turn includes a rocker frame portion and a swivel frame portion that can induce the three types of motion of swivel or roll, rock or pitch, and spin or yaw. The swivel frame portion can be quickly engaged to and disengaged from the rocker frame portion. Each of the swivel frame portion and rocker frame por...