ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,804, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle seat" was invented by Nobutaka Matsunami (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat, in which a seat back configured to be superimposed on a seat cushion by folding forward, comprises a shield and a cover member. The shield hides the end of a first rotating shaft that rotates the seat back with respect to the seat cushion. The cover member is flexible and has a plate-shape. The cover member is arranged on a corner portion of the back cover of the seat back in order to hide the shield from the front. The cover member has an elas...