ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,465, issued on July 22, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).
"One piece seat back panel" was invented by Todd Alan Thisius (Cheney, Kan.) and Jason Michael Decker (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat system with a seat back element including a vertical support disposed in a seat back interior region, and one or more first connector portions attached to the vertical support and aligned in a first direction, and a seat back panel having one or more second connector portions attached to an interior surface and configured to connect to the one or more first connector portions. The seat back panel h...