ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,283, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).
"Structural seat back shroud" was invented by Reza Mansouri (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) and Juan Carlos Adib Audelo Navarro (Chihuahua, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are monocoque seat backs having a structural shroud with a rear panel, a top lip and two side lips positioned along edges of the rear panel to form an interior volume. A mesh suspension system is coupled to the structural shroud and suspended over an opening of the interior volume. In certain embodiments, the structural shroud may be formed of one or more of a composite, a...