US Patent Issued to Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile on Nov. 3 for "Extendable vehicle seat sitting element" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,049, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).

"Extendable vehicle seat sitting element" was invented by Ivan Popovic (La Bruyere, France) and Raymonde Odrion (Melisey, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat sitting element having a main sitting element portion and a movable sitting element portion slidable on a frame between a retracted position and an extended position. The sitting element further includes a covering element extending between the main sitting element portion and the movable sitting element portion, the covering element being movable between a retracted position ...