US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 29 for "Seating assembly having lower leg support" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,866, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Seating assembly having lower leg support" was invented by Johnathan Andrew Line (Northville, Mich.), Jimmy Moua (Superior Township, Mich.), Chris Fredriksson (LaSalle, Canada) and S. M. Akbar Berry (Lasalle, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating assembly includes a seat frame, a seat pan coupled with the seat frame, a leg extension assembly coupled with the seat pan, and a calf support assembly disposed under the leg extension assembly and translatable relative to the seat pan. The calf support assembly includes a calf support rotata...