ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,350, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DAS Co. LTD (South Korea).

"Multi-stage armrest structure" was invented by Yoon Ju Jang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Young Joon Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Min Kyu Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multistage armrest structure includes a shaft installed on a seat and mounted at one end to rotate relative to an armrest, a housing attached to the armrest, through which the other end of the shaft passes, and supporting the shaft in the installed stat on the armrest, a pair of brackets fixed to the shaft, a ratchet rotatably mounted on a hinge member attached to t...