ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,697, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Remacro Technology Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Lower-back supporting apparatus, backrest supporting frame and seating unit" was invented by Saijun Cai (Jiangsu, China), Xiaohong Li (Jiangsu, China) and Gang Song (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a lower-back supporting apparatus, a backrest supporting frame, and a seating unit. The lower-back supporting apparatus includes a lower-back supporting plate; a lower mounting plate; two supporting structures, provided between the lower-back supporting plate and the lower mounting plate, hinged to the lower-back supporting plat...