ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,020, issued on March 18, was assigned to SUPERSEATING BVBA (Destelberge, Belgium).

"Seating assembly for improved seating, ergonomic chairs or wheelchairs" was invented by Bart van der Heyden (Destelbergen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a seating assembly (100) comprising a basic frame (101), a seat unit (102), and a back-support unit (103) wherein the seat unit and the back-support unit have a common pivoting axis (P) with respect to the frame at the level of the hip joint. Hence, based on human body like biomechanics and physiognomy, the seating assembly, particularly for ergonomic chairs or wheel...