ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,163, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TACHI-S Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Headrest holder and fixing structure therefor" was invented by Keita Myochin (Ome, Japan), Takashi Yokoyama (Ome, Japan), Atsushi Koike (Ome, Japan) and Shogo Suzuki (Ome, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of pressing portions 38 protrude inward in a radial direction from an inner peripheral surface of a tubular main body portion 35 (part of a tube body) and are each fixed at both ends thereof in an up-down direction to the main body portion 35. Since the plurality of pressing portions 38 are aligned in the up-down direction, a stay 22 or 23 can be inhi...