ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,223, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Floor arrangement in an aircraft" was invented by Christian Manz (Hamburg, Germany) and Hermann Benthien (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft cabin floor arrangement includes two floor support part-structures, each having vertical support members, a beam member, cantilevering members and a seat rail. The beam member and the seat rail extend in a first direction with the seat rail being carried by the beam member. The cantilevering members cantilever in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The vertical support m...