ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,091, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Passenger seat crash safety system" was invented by Jean St-Pierre (North Richland Hills, Texas) and William Morin (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety system for aircraft passenger seats is described. A pallet that can be removably coupled to seats can also be removably coupled to the aircraft floor and one or more brackets, tension fittings, or machined straps that can be coupled to structural beams or components in an aircraft. A keel tension fitting can be attached to a keel beam and then be coupled to the pallet and thereby the sea...