ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,601, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ARIANEGROUP SAS (Les Mureaux, France).

"Passenger transport system propelled by a space launcher, having a seat with variable inclination based on the load factor" was invented by Marco Prampolini (Le Haillan, France), Jean-Philippe Dutheil (Le Haillan, France) and Yoan Boue (Le Haillan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system intended to be installed on a space launcher comprises: an aircraft which comprises propulsion means configured to propel the aircraft in a direction of flight, and at least one seat intended to receive a passenger which is movable in rotation about an ax...