ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,004, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Anhui Hepai Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Huaibei, China).
"Foldable backseat" was invented by Jiangao Wei (Hechi, China) and Xiaomin Xie (Zhaoqing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable backseat includes a base plate and a turnover plate. The turnover plate is movably connected to the base plate. With an external force, the turnover plate can be turned over to overlap with the base plate or turned over to be at a same level as the base plate to form a storage platform. The foldable backseat can be folded to form a seat for a caddy to rest or unfolded to form a storage platf...