US Patent Issued to Safran Seats USA on May 6 for "Hands-free release system for a passenger seat" (French, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,136, issued on May 6, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Hands-free release system for a passenger seat" was invented by Kristyan Khalil Escobar (Chihuahua, Mexico), Nicolas Chauland (Plaisir, France) and Mark Anil Mathew (Issoudun, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a passenger seat having a seat member moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position and at least one actuator coupled to at least one portion of the seat member, wherein the at least one actuator is activable without direct contact with a passenger's hand to change a lock state of the seat member, and wherein an unloc...