US Patent Issued to AMI Industries on July 21 for "Aircraft seat with multidirectionally adjustable wing armor" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,497, issued on July 21, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Aircraft seat with multidirectionally adjustable wing armor" was invented by Douglas E. Hoover (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chad R. Pacheco (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armored seating assembly for a rotorcraft or other aircraft (e.g., for a pilot or operator) includes a wing armor panel capable of rotational and vertical movement relative to the seat base when adjusted by the operator. For example, a carriage attached to the armor panel translates along a carriage slot in the seat base, stabilized in the carriage sl...