US Patent Issued to Safran Seats GB on May 20 for "Aircraft passenger seat unit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,636, issued on May 20, was assigned to Safran Seats GB Ltd. (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

"Aircraft passenger seat unit" was invented by Rachel James (Cwmbran, Great Britain), Jurre Miedema (Cwmbran, Great Britain) and James Woodington (Cwmbran, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an aircraft passenger seat unit comprising a seat, a privacy shell having a primary opening to allow entry to and exit from the seat unit, a storage unit comprising one or more holders for supporting clothes and a door movable between a first position in which the door at least partially blocks off the primary opening, an...