ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,790, issued on June 17, was assigned to Safran Seats GB Ltd. (Cwmbran, Great Britain).
"Aircraft passenger seat unit with movable panel" was invented by Paul Wills (Cwmbran, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft passenger seat unit configured for use adjacent an aisle of an aircraft cabin is disclosed. The seat unit comprises a seat, a footrest, and a movable panel. The movable panel is movable with respect to the footrest between a closed position in which the movable panel at least partially encloses a side of the footrest and an open position in which the movable panel at least partially exposes the side of the ...