US Patent Issued to MOTOMOTION CHINA on Nov. 25 for "Pivotally mounted cupholder assembly for a powered chair or other furniture piece" (Chinese, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,187, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MOTOMOTION CHINA Corp. (Changzhou, China).

"Pivotally mounted cupholder assembly for a powered chair or other furniture piece" was invented by Chih Hsiung Liu (Benoni, South Africa) and Hai Guo Jiang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and improved cupholder assembly, to be mounted within a powered furniture piece which is capable of being moved from an upright position to an inclined position, comprises a cupholder housing, a cupholder pivotally attached to the cupholder housing, and a counterweight fixedly attached to the cupholder. When the furniture piece is moved to the ...