ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,766, issued on March 17, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Headrest, vehicle, and method of adjusting the headrest" was invented by Minseok Jeon (Gimpo City, South Korea), Imtack Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Jinsup Kim (Incheon City, South Korea) and Duckjae Won (Incheon City, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headrest includes a housing defining a channel therethrough, a primary support cushion disposed on the housing, and an extension cushion disposed within the channel and translatable between a stowed position in which the extension cushion is stored within the channel and an extended posit...