ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,828, issued on May 12, was assigned to GLOBAL FABTECH (SHANGHAI) COMPANY Ltd. (Jiuting, China).

"Mechanism for lifting seat" was invented by Hans Balle Christensen (Herning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism for tilting a seat or support from horizontal to inclined or even vertical. The mechanism tilts a top frame relative to a lower frame including an actuator. The top frame is attached to the lower frame by first and second rigid connections rotatably mounted relative to both the top frame and the lower frame, the first rigid connection is rotatably mounted to the top frame at a first axis and to the lower frame at ...