US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on July 8 for "Contour class divider" (North Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,314, issued on July 8, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Contour class divider" was invented by Robert Papke (Winston Salem, N.C.), Shawn Claflin (Winston Salem, N.C.), Jefferey McKee (Duvall, Wash.), Trevor Skelly (Winston Salem, N.C.) and Mario Diliani (Winston Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a contoured class divider for dividing an aircraft cabin arrangement between at least one forward passenger seat and at least one aft passenger seat, includes a panel positioned adjacent to and rearwardly of the at least one forward seat. The panel ha...