US Patent Issued to Ultra-Mek on July 28 for "Reclining seating unit for use in theater with riser arrangement" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,684, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ultra-Mek Inc. (Denton, N.C.).

"Reclining seating unit for use in theater with riser arrangement" was invented by Marcus L. Murphy (Lexington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating unit includes: a frame having a pair of arms, wherein each of the arms includes a cutaway portion in a lower rear area thereof, the cutaway portion configured to receive a tread and a riser of a riser arrangement; a backrest; a seat; a first footrest; a reclining mechanism; and a linear actuator. The reclining mechanism is connected between the backrest, seat, and first footrest, the reclining mechanism compr...