US Patent Issued to AMI Industries on April 8 for "Aircraft seat with double shear track fitting assembly" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,599, issued on April 8, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Aircraft seat with double shear track fitting assembly" was invented by Douglas E. Hoover (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chad R. Pacheco (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-shear secured vehicle seating assembly includes an operator seat (e.g., for a pilot or operator of a rotorcraft or like vehicle) and a seat frame structure via which the operator seat is secured to floor tracks in the cabin floor. Floor track grippers attached to the underside of the seat frame structure "grip" the floor tracks by extending down and ...