ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,229, issued on March 24, was assigned to Advanced Biomechanical Solutions LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Active chair" was invented by Simon Kudernatsch (West Hartford, Conn.) and Tanimu Deleon (Mystic, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active chair having a mechanism that allows the chair to move the seat linearly either right or left, front or back or in combination of the two reaching any point within the movement boundary established by the limits of the mechanism. Tension can be applied to resist the movement or the movement can be stopped all together. Tracking of dynamic movements of the chair is through a smartphone software...