ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,681, issued on July 28, was assigned to REMACRO TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Movable seating device and mechanical extension device thereof" was invented by Saijun Cai (Suzhou, China), Xiaohong Li (Suzhou, China), Yuankun Li (Suzhou, China) and Zhanzheng Lv (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a seating device including an armrest, a seat, a backrest, an ottoman, and a mechanical extension device including a seat frame attached to the seat, a backrest assembly including a backrest bracket; a leg extension device. The mechanical extension device is configured to move the seating device from a first positi...