ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,401, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Resero IP Ltd. (Hamilton, New Zealand).

"Seats" was invented by David Allan Gatfield (Hamilton, New Zealand), Shane Denis Inder (Hamilton, New Zealand) and Andrew Hilton Kersley (Hamilton, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat, such as a chair or stool, is disclosed and comprises a frame including at least one leg, an undercarriage which is configured to receive the leg, and a seat pan. The seat pan is rotatably mounted to the undercarriage, wherein the seat pan is rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the undercarriage.The undercarriage also includes a recess and a resili...