ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,412, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to REXSITT ITALIA S.R.L. (Bertinoro, Italy).

"Support element for a chair" was invented by Massimo Costaglia (Santa Giustina in Colle, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Support element for a chair, which comprises a support body provided with an upper face and with an opposite lower face, and a covering element placed to cover the upper face of the support body. The support element also comprises a tensioning element engaged with a perimeter portion of the covering element and provided with a grip portion, which is susceptible of being stretched in order to tighten the covering element and is c...