ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,366, issued on March 4, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).
"Chair" was invented by Shinji Sugiyama (Tochigi, Japan) and Yukitaka Tadachi (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a chair in which attachment strength of a holding member and the chair is enhanced and an attachment state can be stably maintained. A legged chair includes a leg member, a support post connected to the leg member, a metal frame integrated with the support post, the metal frame forming a seated portion, an awakening device configured to awaken a seated person, a battery configured to supply electric power to...