US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 21 for "Seatback fold flat with lock" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,304, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Seatback fold flat with lock" was invented by Venkata Narasimha Rao Cherukuvada (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a product that may include a vehicle seatback having a back face and an opposite front face and a first side face extending between the back face and a front face, the seatback having a frame, and a lock component connected to the frame, the lock component moveable from a first position wherein the first end of the lock component is a first distance from the first side face to a second position wherein a first en...