ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,959, issued on May 13, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"In-seat mini-bar features" was invented by Matthew R. Pearson (Hartford, Conn.), Brian E. St. Rock (Andover, Conn.), Noah Avram Meltz Weichselbaum (Prairie Village, Kan.), Geoffrey L. Eisenhardt (Olathe, Kan.), Yasmin Khakpour (South Windsor, Conn.) and Jefferey M. McKee (Duvall, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-seat mini-bar assembly, apparatus and method of manufacture is provided. The assembly includes a housing that is insertable into a compartment of the seating module and includes a container with an interior cavity that is conductively ...