US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on March 3 for "Passenger seating unit with half shell surround" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,318, issued on March 3, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Passenger seating unit with half shell surround" was invented by John R. Kuyper (Winston-Salem, N.C.), David J. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Jeremy R. Loman (Lexington, N.C.), Javier Valdes de la Garza (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ryan J. Suhre (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Martin Darbyshire (London) and Lawrie Bellwood (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger seat assembly for installation in a conveyance such as an aircraft. The passenger seat assembly includes at least one passenger seat supported by a frame assembly, a footwell positioned below the at...