ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,351, issued on May 6, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).
"Deployable attendant seat aircraft cabin barrier" was invented by Darren Carl McIntosh (Mukilteo, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable attendant seat assembly that is configured to deploy in a vehicle cabin from a stowed position as an attendant seat into a deployed position configuring the deployable attendant seat assembly into a lockable barrier to prevent passengers from moving along an aisle in a vehicle cabin into a vehicle area forward of the lockable barrier."
The patent was filed on June 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/336,167.
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