US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Nov. 25 for "Passenger seat with self-stowing portable electronic device holder" (North Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,579, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Passenger seat with self-stowing portable electronic device holder" was invented by Michael M. Princip (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Jeremy F. Malecha (Pfafftown, N.C.) and Travis J. Vaninetti (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device (PED) holder for a passenger seat back. The PED holder includes a backstop pivotally attachable to the seat back and a shelf pivotally attached to the backstop. In use, the backstop is configured to rotate to a position outside of a recess formed in the seat back and the shelf is configured to r...