ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,998, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG COBURG (Coburg, Germany).

"Vehicle seat with a locking lever" was invented by Jessica Ittner (Niederfullbach, Germany), Bjorn Bluthgen (Coburg, Germany) and Wolfgang Bernhauser (Neustadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a vehicle seat which comprises a seat part having a seat part element, a basis and a lever, rotatably connected with the seat part element and by means of which the seat part element is supported on the basis movably relative to the basis. It is provided that the lever has a section adapted to make contact with at least one c...