ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,765, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Locking device for seat back table" was invented by Shuhei Kondo (Miyoshi, Japan) and Naoki Muramatsu (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device for a seat back table for locking a seat back table stored at a storage position at which the seat back table is stored along a back portion of a seat back, the locking device includes a rotary operation member provided on a main body member that is one of the seat back table and the seat back, a first locking member provided on the main body member and connected to the operation member, and...