US Patent Issued to Safran Seats on Jan. 28 for "Seatbelt fastening system for a movable seat" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,901, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).

"Seatbelt fastening system for a movable seat" was invented by Jonathan Gajewski (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Stephane Chipault (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Joel Marais (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat for an aircraft includes at least one seat-portion structure; and an understructure. The understructure includes at least one guide element comprising a guide groove. The guide groove includes a first portion and a second portion, called the inclined portion. The seat further includes at least one seatbelt attachment and at least one at...