ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,539, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
"Method for automatic seat pan tilt" was invented by Douglas E. Hoover (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chad R. Pacheco (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly includes a seat pan that is tilted automatically by way of a seat bucket moving up and down relative to a base structure. The seat bucket is pivotably coupled to a carrier. The carrier and the seat bucket each follow respective channels of a base structure. The movement of the seat bucket along the channel of the base structure causes the pivoting of the seat buc...