ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,306, issued on May 5.
"Seat element" was invented by Roland Zwick (Berlin), Carola Zwick (Berlin) and Burkhard Schmitz (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat element includes a carrier frame and supporting surfaces. The carrier frame comprises a left-hand sidepiece and a right-hand sidepiece. The supporting surfaces are configured as the seat surface and back surface. At least one of the supporting surfaces comprises a cover element, wherein the cover element comprises a fabric and is supported on the left-hand sidepiece and on the right-hand sidepiece of the carrier frame. The seat element comprises actuators and the cover elem...