US Patent Issued to FCA US on May 5 for "Vehicle removable jump seat" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,344, issued on May 5, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle removable jump seat" was invented by Brandon F Brady (Lapeer, Mich.), Benjamin T Treinen (Birmingham, Mich.), Everard J Scott (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Scott C Waller (Brighton, Mich.), Ryan C Nagode (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Todd McKinzie (Goodrich, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jump seat configured to be attached to and detached from a rear wall of a passenger cabin of a vehicle. The jump seat includes a frame configured to be attached to and detached from the rear wall of the passenger cabin; a seat back attached to the frame; a seat pivota...