US Patent Issued to Safran Seats on Jan. 28 for "Seat unit provided with a tubular seat-base structure" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,902, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).

"Seat unit provided with a tubular seat-base structure" was invented by Jeremy Cailleteau (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Olivier Cazalis (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Laurent Ligonniere (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat unit, in particular for an aircraft cabin, includes a seat provided with seat cushion and backrest kinematics, and a seat-base structure on which the seat is mounted. The seat-base structure includes a frame with a tubular structure including a first lower tube and a second lower tube, the first lower tube and the second l...