ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,543, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).
"Seat unit with a folding privacy shield" was invented by Olivier Cazalis (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Laurent Ligonniere (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Mourad Rajhi (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jose Bernardo De Morais (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an aircraft seat unit having: a seat that can be moved between a seated position and a reclining position, a privacy shield extending at least partly around the seat, the privacy shield with a fixed portion and a movable portion that can be moved relative to the fix...