US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on Dec. 16 for "OWEED divan with fold-down backrest for egress and inflatable restraint for occupant protection" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,174, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"OWEED divan with fold-down backrest for egress and inflatable restraint for occupant protection" was invented by Arjun Koustubhan (Hyderabad, India), Moises Perez (Miami) and Michael L. Oleson (Parkland, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A divan for installation in an aircraft cabin in relation to an emergency exit. In embodiments, the divan includes at least two seats wherein one seat is positioned directly in front of the emergency exit and includes a lower frame assembly and an upper frame assembly. The upper frame assembly includes a seat pan sub...