US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on March 17 for "Passenger suite with secondary seat and amenities" (Washington, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,971, issued on March 17, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Passenger suite with secondary seat and amenities" was invented by Geoffrey Eisenhardt (Olathe, Kan.), Travis Vaninetti (Bothell, Wash.) and Mauricio Santiago (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger suite for business class in an aircraft includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall defining an interior space. A primary seat is positioned in the interior space and against the back wall. A secondary seat is positioned in interior space and against the front wall. The secondary seat is movable between...