US Patent Issued to ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING on Nov. 18 for "Aircraft passenger seat" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,092, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBH (Immenstaad am Bodensee, Germany).

"Aircraft passenger seat" was invented by Metin Albert Bopp (Tettnang, Germany) and Alper Altunbas (Uhldingen-Muhlhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aircraft passenger seat, wherein the aircraft passenger seat has a frame, a seating area element and a backrest element. The aircraft passenger seat is distinguished in that the backrest element has a first beam and a second beam, wherein the backrest element has an elastic element, wherein the elastic element extends from the first to the second beam, so that the elastic eleme...