ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,088, issued on May 27, was assigned to Adient Aerospace LLC (Bothell, Wash.).
"Passenger seating arrangement" was invented by Gary Lee Senechal (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and William Trystan Parry (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger furniture device for a passenger seat provided within a vehicle cabin, in particular an aircraft cabin, including at least a base element comprising at least an upper utility surface for a passenger, a removable section element which is mounted to one side of the base element, and a simple latch mechanism. In particular, the latch mechanism may be a simple plug-in and clip device. The l...