ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,935, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Corp. (Savannah, Ga.).

"Mechanically actuatable seat structure with dynamically configurable support surface" was invented by Johnny Ferguson (Savannah, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanically actuatable structural assembly includes first and second elastically deformable panels. Each panel includes a respective: leading edge region; trailing edge region opposing the leading edge region; first side edge region; and second side edge region opposing the first side edge region. The leading edge regions are coupled together to form a joined leading edge, and the trail...