US Patent Issued to STEELCASE on Feb. 18 for "Body support assembly and methods for the use and assembly thereof" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,025, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to STEELCASE INC. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Body support assembly and methods for the use and assembly thereof" was invented by Nickolaus William Charles Deevers (E Grand Rapids, Mich.), Kurt R. Heidmann (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Gordon J. Peterson (Rockford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly includes a base and a support platform spaced above the base. The support platform includes a pad having a hinge portion defining a flex region, wherein the pad is pivotable about the flex region. A link has a lower portion coupled to the base and an upper portion coupled to the pad, wherein ...