ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,587, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Rail system for a cabin of a vehicle" was invented by Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany) and Andreas Poppe (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail system for the installation of objects in a cabin of a vehicle having a base rail, an installation rail, and connecting devices for connecting the base rail and the installation rail to one another in a mutually parallel orientation. The base rail has a bottom side, with a securing portion for securing the base rail on a structural component of the vehicle, and a top side. The installation ...