ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,013, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Via Fortuna LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for automotive seats and automotive seat arrangements" was invented by Jason Castriota (Stamford, Conn.), Robert Edward Glaspie (Tehachapi, Calif.) and Solomon Andrew Hafer (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include systems, devices, and methods for automotive seats for a vehicle, and seating arrangements within a vehicle. Disclosed embodiments include systems, devices, and methods for moving a vehicle seat between a first driving position and a second access position and moving the vehicle seat bet...