Patents by Inventor Tom PLANT

Tom PLANT has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Two-seat aircraft passenger seat unit and passenger seating arrangement including the same
    Patent number: 11370549
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seating unit and aircraft seating arrangements including seating units, each seating unit configured as a window-facing seating unit or as an aisle-facing seating unit. Each individual seating unit including first and second laterally adjacent seats mounted on a common platform and oriented at an angle to a longitudinal aircraft axis. A forwardmost point of each of the first and second seats, when in an upright sitting position, resides along a plane common to both the first and second passenger seats perpendicular to the longitudinal aircraft axis to allow longitudinal alignment of rows and increased seating density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Pozzi, Tom Plant, Michael J. Schmid, Daniel Udriste, Ryan Suhre
  • Aircraft passenger seating unit and passenger seating arrangement
    Patent number: 11066170
    Abstract: A layout of passenger seats in an aircraft cabin including a first passenger seat positioned in a forward-facing direction and parallel to an aircraft longitudinal axis, and a second passenger seat positioned to one side of the first passenger seat, in a forward-facing direction, and at an angle with respect to the aircraft longitudinal axis, wherein the second passenger seat is angled toward the first passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Pozzi, Tom Plant, Michael J. Schmid, Daniel Udriste, Ryan Suhre
  • AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEATING UNIT AND PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190308731
    Abstract: A layout of passenger seats in an aircraft cabin including a first passenger seat positioned in a forward-facing direction and parallel to an aircraft longitudinal axis, and a second passenger seat positioned to one side of the first passenger seat, in a forward-facing direction, and at an angle with respect to the aircraft longitudinal axis, wherein the second passenger seat is angled toward the first passenger seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander N. POZZI, Tom PLANT, Michael J. SCHMID, Daniel UDRISTE, Ryan SUHRE
  • AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEATING UNIT AND PASSENGER SEATING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20190308730
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seating unit and aircraft seating arrangements including seating units, each seating unit configured as a window-facing seating unit or as an aisle-facing seating unit. Each individual seating unit including first and second laterally adjacent seats mounted on a common platform and oriented at an angle to a longitudinal aircraft axis. A forwardmost point of each of the first and second seats, when in an upright sitting position, resides along a plane common to both the first and second passenger seats perpendicular to the longitudinal aircraft axis to allow longitudinal alignment of rows and increased seating density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander N. POZZI, Tom PLANT, Michael J. SCHMID, Daniel UDRISTE, Ryan SUHRE