ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,316, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to UNITED AIRLINES INC. (Chicago).
"Tray table indicator" was invented by Matthew C. Gates (Chicago), Brian Wood (Montgomery, Texas), Mike Garcia (Orlando, Fla.), Alan Rosenberg (Orlando, Fla.) and Chris Lynch (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray table indicator includes a channel, a cover, and a magnetic ball. The channel has a first extension, a curve, and a second extension, and the cover encloses the channel. A magnetic ball is contained within the channel and is movable from the first extension around the curve to the second extension of the channel in response to rotation of ...