ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,362, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Hybrid bottom seat cushion" was invented by Christopher D. Adcock (Advance, N.C.), Ryan J. Suhre (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Stephen A. Puglisi (Greensboro, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft cushion includes a lower portion, upper portion, and forward portion of foam. The lower portion is configured to be located by a forward frame element (e.g., tube) and to be supported by the forward frame element and a seat diaphragm (e.g., stretched fabric). The upper portion and forward portion are softer for user comfort. The lower portion, using a s...