US Patent Issued to Safran Seats USA on April 22 for "Tray table tuning mechanism with curved mating surface for passenger seat" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,700, issued on April 22, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Tray table tuning mechanism with curved mating surface for passenger seat" was invented by Tyler L. Newbold (Sherman, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray table tuning mechanism having a mount member; a pivot limiting member coupled to the mount member and having a mating surface defining a groove; a paddle arm deployment member pivotably coupled to the mount member and pivotable relative to the pivot limiting member; and a paddle arm pivotably coupled to the paddle arm deployment member, pivotable between a stowed state and a deployed state, a...