ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,964, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Remacro Technology Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Footrest extension mechanism and seat extending and retracting device" was invented by Xiaohong Li (Jiangsu, China), Yuankun Li (Jiangsu, China), Zhanzheng Lv (Jiangsu, China) and Chen Chen (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A footrest extension mechanism, including a first link, a second link, a third link, a fourth link, a first footrest member, a driven rod, a second footrest member, and a footrest connecting member; an end of the second link is hinged to the first footrest member, and an opposite end of the second link is hinged to t...