ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,060, issued on April 7, was assigned to MIRUS AIRCRAFT SEATING LTD (Hingham, Great Britain).

"Seat assembly" was invented by Adam Challenor (Hingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly comprising a support frame, a seat back assembly, an upper seat back fixing and a lower seat back fixing, the upper seat back fixing and the lower seat back fixing configured to connect the seat back assembly to the support frame, wherein: the upper seat back fixing comprises a rotatable connection between the seat back assembly and the support frame; and the lower seat back fixing comprises a friction assembly configured to h...