ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,064, issued on April 7, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Swivel locking mechanism for aircraft seat" was invented by Blake David Raybern (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft seat includes a base frame; a seat frame rotatably connected to a top side of the base frame, wherein the seat frame is configured to rotate about a vertical axis; an internal gear plate fixedly connected to the base frame, wherein the internal gear plate includes gear teeth arranged around an opening; a guide plate fixedly connected to a bottom side of the seat frame, wherein the guide plate includes a first guid...