US Patent Issued to Ultra-Mek on Nov. 4 for "Reclining chair with tilting action to provide heart-rest position" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,146, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ultra-Mek Inc. (Denton, N.C.).

"Reclining chair with tilting action to provide heart-rest position" was invented by Marcus L. Murphy (Lexington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reclining seating unit includes: a frame having a pair of arms; a backrest; a seat; a first footrest; a reclining mechanism connected between the backrest, seat, and first footrest configured to move the seating unit between an upright position, a TV position, and a fully reclined position. A heart-rest mechanism is mounted to the frame and to the reclining mechanism and is configured to move the seating unit between...