ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,355, issued on June 2, was assigned to MOTOMOTION CHINA Corp. (Changzhou, China).

"Powered chair with independent seat" was invented by Hai Guo Jiang (Changzhou, China) and Wu Qing Pan (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered chair comprises a chair framework, which includes a pair of oppositely disposed armrests, a chair seat frame which is fixedly connected to the pair of armrests, a footrest, a backrest, a first linear actuator mounted upon the pair of armrests and operatively connected to the footrest, and a second linear actuator mounted upon the armrests and operatively connected to the backrest. When the first...