ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,795, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle seating assembly having a seat back with an attachable modular accessory" was invented by Spencer Chamberlain (Oxford, Mich.), Harry Delarosa Bernardo (Irvine, Calif.), Michael John Harmon (Northville, Mich.), Raul Cenan (Marina Del Ray, Calif.), Leeyul Jeraffi (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Bradford Zercoe (San Jose, Calif.), Eva Ross (Venice, Calif.), Kevin Mozurkewich (Milford, Mich.) and Jerry Wei Hua Yao (Ferndale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seating assembly comprises a seat base, a seat back, an articulation mechanis...