ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,372, issued on April 15, was assigned to Shandong Longming Information Technology Co. Ltd (Qingdao, China).

"Inflatable seat" was invented by Xiangpeng Lian (Rongcheng, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable seat includes a seat part and a backrest part which is connected to the seat part to define an inflation chamber, wherein the backrest part comprises a first layer and a second layer, wherein the second layer includes a first folding line and a second folding line which are connected with each other to form a connecting seam, wherein when the backrest part is inflated, the connecting seam causes the second layer to be ...