ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,719, issued on July 7, was assigned to Ultra-Mek Inc. (Denton, N.C.).
"Reclining seating unit with operatively-linked power actuators" was invented by Marcus L. Murphy (Lexington, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reclining seating unit includes: a base; a seat having a seat frame; a backrest mounted and pivotally interconnected to the seat frame; a footrest unit; a reclining mechanism attached to the seat and the backrest, the reclining mechanism configured to control relative movement of the seat and backrest between upright and reclined positions; a footrest mechanism attached to the seat and the footrest unit, the footrest mec...