ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,380, issued on July 1, was assigned to Safran Seats GB Ltd. (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

"Aircraft cabin" was invented by James Woodington (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Paul Wills (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Oscar Ruiz (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Arthur Glain (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Matthew Cleary (Cwmbran, Great Britain) and Victor Carlioz (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft cabin is provided. The aircraft cabin comprises a first seat unit and a second seat unit, the first and second seat units being in a first row of seat units and being separated by an aisle. The cabin comprises a partition movable between a s...