ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,931, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Tray table with integrated stowage pouch for travel essentials" was invented by Krishna Chaitanya Prathipati (Hyderabad, India) and Ravindra Ramulu Kandukuri (Secunderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a tray table assembly including a pouch configured to temporarily stow travel essentials during flight. The pouch is removably attached to the back of the tray table by way of a plurality of removable fasteners. The pouch includes inner and outer layers forming an interior space therebetween accessible through a ...