ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,755, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Yasutaka Abe (Tochigi, Japan) and Yuta Sugaya (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat is capable of taking a stowed position in which a seat back is folded onto a seat cushion and the seat cushion together with the folded seat back is rotatably lifted away from a floor, and the vehicle seat is configured to include a support member coupled to the floor; a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction; a lower rail extending in a front-rear dir...