ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,741, issued on June 24, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).
"Sound control system for a seat" was invented by Gerald Cotta (Moissy Cramayel, France) and Denis Manceau (Moissy Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a passenger seat (10), in particular for an aircraft cabin, comprising: -a headrest (11), -a backrest (12), -a seat member (13) and-at least one loudspeaker (18) for broadcasting a sound signal to a passenger, -the passenger seat (10) further comprising: -at least one detection means (20) for detecting the presence of the passenger or a part of the passenger's body, and-...