ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,478, issued on April 14, was assigned to GEVEN S.P.A. (Nola, Italy).
"Reclining seat" was invented by Alberto Veneruso (Nola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reclining seat comprises a fixed supporting frame, a reclining backrest, a sitting portion and a stiffening mechanism with reduced overall dimensions, which in turn comprises, at lower ends of frame elements forming the seat frame, a lever which is revolvingly hinged on a respective pin integral with the supporting frame and forming a rocker arm which rotates by a pre-fixed angle from a first position, corresponding to the reclining backrest in erected position, to a sec...