ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,938, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).
"Vehicle seat" was invented by Hiroki Shibayama (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan) and Koji Onuma (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes a base part, a first movable part, a second movable part, a lock member, and an interlocking mechanism configured to link movement of the lock member to movement of the second movable part. The interlocking mechanism includes an attaching member, a first rotational member connected to the second movable part, a second rotational member connected to the lock member, and a swingable member pr...