ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,953, issued on July 14, was assigned to AmTab Manufacturing Corp. (Bensenville, Ill.).

"Foldable seat with deployable mobility structure" was invented by Doss Samikkannu (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Jeremias Rivera (Elmhurst, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating assembly includes a frame supporting a seat and a backrest. The frame includes a stationary base and a mobile base. A pivot link pivotally connects between the seat and the mobile base. The seating assembly is adjustable between a sitting position and a mobile position. In the sitting position, the stationary base supports the seating assembly, the sitting surface extends...