ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,082, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to P.R. Sella B.V. (Denekamp, Netherlands).

"Foldable seating device" was invented by Aloysius Gerhardus Huttenhuis (Denekamp, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a seating device, such as for instance a chair or a wheelchair, with a seat and backrest extending between a first and a second side of the seating device for the purpose of supporting a seated person, which seating device can be folded into a collapsed position and a folded-out position. In the collapsed position the distance between the first and the second side is smaller than in the folded-out positi...