ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,277, issued on April 14, was assigned to Adient US LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Backrest for a vehicle seat and a method for mounting" was invented by Jorg Haubrich (Burscheid, Germany) and Andrea Antonio Mose (Velbert, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier structure for a backrest for a vehicle seat, has at least a carrier element, where on the carrier element at least one positioning element, in particular a pre-positioning element, is arranged on the carrier top side and has at least one opening for receiving a headrest holder. And, at least one latching element is arranged on at least one of a carrier underside and/or a la...