US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on June 24 for "Business class seating arrangement with companion travel seating group" (Washington, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,969, issued on June 24, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Business class seating arrangement with companion travel seating group" was invented by Oscar Ruiz Lara (Kirkland, Wash.), Travis J. Vaninetti (Bothell, Wash.), Joseph M. Gutosky (Kernersville, N.C.), Travis K Finlay (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Christopher D Adcock (Advance, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a seat layout for business class in an aircraft. The layout includes a first row of seats that are angled toward a centerline, and a second row positioned directly behind the first row of seats, the second row includ...