US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 9 for "Systems and methods for massaging legs of a vehicle occupant" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,400, issued on June 9, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for massaging legs of a vehicle occupant" was invented by Minsu Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jongsuk An (Incheon, South Korea) and Sungil Yun (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for massaging legs of an occupant of a vehicle. The systems include a leg support member configured to be disposed adjacent to a seat cushion of a seat of a vehicle and support a portion of legs of an individual while the individual is sitting on the seat cushion, a massage device configured to perform ...