US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on July 14 for "Passenger seating utilizing common pivot point for backrest recline and table deployment" (North Carolina, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,544, issued on July 14, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Passenger seating utilizing common pivot point for backrest recline and table deployment" was invented by Javier Valdes De La Garza (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Moises Perez (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger seating assembly for an aircraft cabin includes a set of passenger seats, each seat disposed between two adjacent seat spreaders and including a seatpan and backrest connected at a common pivot point at or near the base of the backrest. The seat spreaders are connected by lower crossmembers under the seatpans and an upper crossmember e...