US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 18 for "Partition systems and methods for seat assemblies" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,090, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Partition systems and methods for seat assemblies" was invented by Brian Paul Colletti (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Bailey Bo Betz (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly includes a backrest including a retaining chamber, one or more armrests, and a partition system that includes one or more barrier walls movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. One or more portions of the one or more barrier walls are contained within the retaining chamber when the one or more barrier walls are in the stowed position."

The pate...