US Patent Issued to Elevate Aircraft Seating on Feb. 3 for "Passenger suite armrest assembly" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,972, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Elevate Aircraft Seating LLC (Bothell, Wash.).

"Passenger suite armrest assembly" was invented by William Trystan Parry (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger suite for an aircraft. The passenger suite includes a seat, a support surface, and a column connected to the support surface. The column extends from a housing at an angle. The support surface, the column, and the housing are associated with the seat. The support surface and the column are movable as whole with respect to the housing between a stowed position and a deployed position. The support surface translates in a ...