US Patent Issued to Safran Seats GB on March 11 for "Aircraft cabin" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,838, issued on March 11, was assigned to Safran Seats GB Ltd. (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

"Aircraft cabin" was invented by Jurre Miedema (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft cabin (100) is disclosed. The aircraft cabin (100) comprises a plurality of pairs of seat units (120) positioned along an aisle (101). Each aisle seat unit (122A) comprises an aisle seat (125A) and an aisle footwell (126A) and each non-aisle seat unit (123A) comprises a non-aisle seat (127A) and a non-aisle footwell (128A). The aisle seat unit (122A) and non-aisle seat unit (123A) are positioned with respect to one another such that t...