US Patent Issued to B/E Aerospace on May 19 for "Work and dine divan" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,945, issued on May 19, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Work and dine divan" was invented by Aravinda Mahabaleshwara (Hyderabad, India) and Ashwin Srinivasa (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A divan is configurable between upright and table configurations. The divan includes linkages which enable rotation of a backrest from the upright configuration to the table configuration. The divan includes a seat pan which is joined in the upright configuration and split in the table configuration. Joining the seat pan in the upright configuration provides a seating region with extra length. Splitting the...