ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,537, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).
"Passenger seat folding privacy shield" was invented by Kristyan Khalil Escobar (Chihuahua, Mexico) and Teresa del Carmen Antillon Licon (Chihuahua, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passenger seat folding privacy shield can include a partition pivotable about a pivot edge or otherwise adjustable between a deployed position and a stowed position. In the deployed position, the privacy shield can extend forward from a lateral edge of the seat back so as to form at least a partial barrier between a living space of the passenger seat and an adjacent ...