US Patent Issued to Winnebago Industries on June 3 for "Convertible theater seating assembly" (American, Polish, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,008, issued on June 3, was assigned to Winnebago Industries Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Convertible theater seating assembly" was invented by Brian Thoreson (Forest City, Iowa), Maciej Jaworski (Wysoka, Poland) and Klaus Hjort-Knudsen (Tarm, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly includes independently rotatable and reclinable seats. The seats have back support sections that can be rotated between a sofa position and a compact position as well as the sofa position and a reclined position. The seats can further include leg rests that are movable between a lowered position and a raised position."

The patent was filed o...