ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,857, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DAEWONSANUP Co. LTD. (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Seat locking release device" was invented by Kyung Uk Min (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Myoung Yeon Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Jung Ho Hur (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a seat locking release device including a left-right slide cable that is connected to a left-right locking device for fixing or releasing a left-right movement of a seat to apply a releasing force to the left-right locking device, a forward-backward slide cable that is connected to a forward-backward locking device for fixing or releasing a for...