ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,875, issued on April 22, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).

"Detachable motorized device for closing a space, in particular inside an airplane" was invented by Bastien Bonnefoy (Issoudun, France), Laurent Ligonniere (Issoudun, France) and Jose Bernardo De Morais (Chateauroux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detachable device for closing a space inside an airplane includes: a frame comprising at least one upright, the frame comprising at least one attachment interface with a structural element, a curtain assembly comprising a flexible curtain, a roller around which the flexible curtain can be wound, and at least on...