ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,175, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Massage apparatus" was invented by Jiho Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Daesung Ki (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sunggyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Semin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kunwoo Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a massage apparatus including a base frame, a seat frame coupled to the base frame to form a seating surface on one side, a massage module disposed between the base frame and the seat frame and provided to be movable along the seating surface on a rear side of the seating surfac...