US Patent Issued to The Boeing on March 25 for "Headrest ventilation systems and methods for seating assemblies" (Washington, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,939, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Headrest ventilation systems and methods for seating assemblies" was invented by David R. Space (Everett, Wash.), James A. Fullerton (Bothell, Wash.), Timothy J. Arnaud (Everett, Wash.), Jon Burton Shaw (Everett, Wash.), Stephen M. Trent (Everett, Wash.), Ty A. Larsen (Everett, Wash.) and Myriam Khalil (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headrest ventilation assembly is configured to secure to a headrest of a seat assembly, and includes an air conduit including one or more air inlets and one or more air outlets, and an air filter disposed within the air condui...