ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,319, issued on March 3, was assigned to AMI Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Pilot seat armrest assembly with synchronous lift and tilt adjustment" was invented by Douglas E. Hoover (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Nicholas DeCola (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable armrest assembly for a seat such as a pilot seat. In embodiments, the armrest assembly includes an armrest frame, a leadscrew rotatably mounted in the armrest frame, a control wheel mounted to the leadscrew, an armpad subassembly pivotally attached to the armrest frame, and a tilt link subassembly coupled between the armrest frame...