US Patent Issued to The Boeing on June 3 for "Lateral sleep systems for aircraft" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,412, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Lateral sleep systems for aircraft" was invented by Nyein Chan Aung (Heidelberg, Australia), Mark Armstrong (Yowie Bay, Australia), Arthur de Bono (Williamstown, Australia) and Robbie Napper (Coburg, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lateral sleep systems for aircraft are disclosed. A first lateral sleep apparatus is positioned on a first side of a divider adjacent a first seat, the lateral sleep apparatus includes a first headrest and a first cradle. The first cradle supports the first headrest and includes a first panel mounting interface coupling the fi...