ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,208, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Swivel indicating mechanism for aircraft seat" was invented by Blake David Raybern (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft seat includes a base frame; a seat frame rotatably connected to a top side of the base frame, wherein the seat frame is configured to rotate about a vertical axis; a slot plate connected to the top side of the base frame, wherein the slot plate has a slot in a top surface of the slot plate; and a pin mount connected to a bottom side of the seat frame, wherein the pin mount has a pin that protrudes downward, whe...