ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,640, issued on May 20, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).
"Support pallet for an airplane seat unit" was invented by Bastien Bonnefoy (Issoudun, France), Laurent Ligonniere (Issoudun, France), Jose Bernardo De Morais (Chateauroux, France) and Florent Yvon (Issoudun, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support pallet includes: a body, lock attachment means each created in a portion of the body, the lock attachment means each making it possible to establish an attachment between the body and a seat rail lock or with an intermediate connecting part, seat unit attachment means each created in a portion of the body, the s...