US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 3 for "Seat assembly including leg rest" (Chinese, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,069, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Seat assembly including leg rest" was invented by Zhen Bi (Shanghai) and Damiano Marco Gianchino (Berwick, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly including: a base; a back defining an opening extending through the back; and a leg rest assembly mounted to the back, the leg rest assembly including a panel rotatable between a stowed position and a deployed position, in the stowed position the panel is within the opening, and in the deployed position the panel is rotated in a forward direction from the stowed position toward the base t...