US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 4 for "Seat covers and methods for using seat covers" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,651, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Seat covers and methods for using seat covers" was invented by Timm K. Bischoff (Arlington, Va.) and Robert B. Laule (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example implementations relate to seat covers and techniques for using such seat covers to partially cover and protect aisle seats on airplanes, buses, trains, and within other venues. An example seat cover for partially covering a seat includes a headrest cover configured to extend over a headrest of the seat, an armrest cover configured to extend over an armrest of the seat positioned proximate the a...