ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,547, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sears Manufacturing Co. (Davenport, Iowa).
"Magnetic heated seat device" was invented by James Burton Lively (DeWitt, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of placing a magnetic wire such as a magnetic heating wire into a molded vehicle seat, wherein the heating element is kept closely adjacent to the inner surface of the outer seat material of the seat during the molding process through the use of magnets in the mold. In many embodiments, the outer seat material is vinyl and the magnetic wire is an iron/chromium wire."
The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2022, under Applicati...