US Patent Issued to American Leather Operations on July 14 for "Mechanism for articulating convertible furniture" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,957, issued on July 14, was assigned to American Leather Operations LLC (Dallas).

"Mechanism for articulating convertible furniture" was invented by Anders Larsen (Coppell, Texas), Stephen Stockton (Coppell, Texas), Douglas Gasal (Dallas) and Kevin Nguyen (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Convertible furniture includes a first arm, a first seat, and a base. The first seat is adjacent the first arm and includes a head panel, a mid-panel, and a foot panel. The first seat has a seat configuration in which the head panel is in a vertical orientation. The first seat has a bed configuration in which the head panel, the mid-...