US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on June 2 for "Headrest with independently adjustable arms and flexible cushion" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,666, issued on June 2, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Headrest with independently adjustable arms and flexible cushion" was invented by James S. Kash (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Kathryn Elizabeth Doyle (Chinnor, Great Britain) and Lawrie Bellwood (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable headrest for a seat such as an aircraft passenger seat. In embodiments, the headrest includes an adjustment subassembly including a plurality of independently adjustable support arms. Each support arm includes at least one articulating segment. A cushion subassembly is mounted to the adjustment subassembly by way of s...