ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,302, issued on May 5, was assigned to JASON FURNITURE (HANGZHOU) Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).
"Coupling mechanism and seating furniture" was invented by Jizhong Cao (Hangzhou, China), Yuanfeng Feng (Hangzhou, China), Jundong Gao (Hangzhou, China), Qingke Kong (Hangzhou, China) and Yun Su (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling mechanism includes a seat frame; a leg rest; a backrest bracket; a carriage slidably connected to the seat frame; a linkage assembly for backrest connected to the backrest bracket, the seat frame and the carriage; a linkage mechanism for leg rest connected to the carriage and the leg rest, so th...