ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,019, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle seat" was invented by Keiichi Kondou (Chiryu, Japan), Kazuhisa Niimi (Nisshin, Japan) and Yuto Kamiya (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat including a pipe frame formed in the shape of a hollow rectangle constituting a part of a sitting portion, a pair of side frames respectively attached to a left side and a right side of the pipe frame to connect the pipe frame to a structural member of a vehicle, a cross bracket attached to rear regions of the pair of side frames to connect between ...