ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,386, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).
"Non-intrusive and extendable armrest" was invented by Anthony Tran (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Romain Tranier (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Amen Omoragbon (Westminster, Calif.) and Nguyen Foek Le (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are armrests for positioning between passenger seats having a base component with a divider extending upward from an upper surface of the base component and at least one adjustable component movably coupled to the base component. In a retracted position, the adjustable component and divider are arranged to fo...