US Patent Issued to FCA US on Nov. 3 for "Nesting second row seat" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,054, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Nesting second row seat" was invented by Mark E Stout (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Travis D Bechtel (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Brandon F Brady (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat has a seat swivel to engage rails in a vehicle. The seat swivel is slidable on the rails and enables rotation of the vehicle seat. A seat support is coupled with the seat swivel. A seat back is coupled with the seat support. A reclining mechanism is coupled with both the seat back and seat support for pivoting of the seat back with respect to the seat support. A ...