ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,047, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle seating assembly" was invented by Johnathan Andrew Line (Northville, Mich.), Jose Maria Aburto (Oaxtepec, Mexico), Javier Antonio Aguilar (Tultitlan, Mexico), Antonio Martinez Ilescas (Toluca, Mexico) and Chuck R. Reese (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating assembly for a vehicle including a seat base frame including a front portion and a rear portion. A linking member rotatably coupled with the seat base frame and configured to pivotably rotate about the seating assembly. At least one bin assembly operable between ...