ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,404, issued on July 15, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Seat" was invented by Minako Ishihara (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A car seat is a seat with a seat cushion and a seat upper portion, which is a portion provided above the seat cushion and includes a seat back and a headrest, wherein the seat includes an air outlet located in the seat upper portion to let out air therethrough; an air inlet located in the seat upper portion to draw in air therethrough; at least one fan configured to produce a current of air flowing from the air outlet toward the air inlet at a front side of the seat upper porti...