ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,207, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAFRAN SEATS GB Ltd. (Wales, Great Britain).
"Seat with tray table" was invented by Thomas Rees-Gralton (Cwmbran, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat including a backrest; and a tray table coupled to the backrest, the tray table being movable between a stowed position in which the tray table lies against the backrest and a deployed position in which the tray table extends away from the backrest; the backrest having a backrest body and a backrest overlap portion, the backrest overlap portion having a fixed orientation relative to the backrest body and overlapping a first portion ...