US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE (UK) on July 14 for "Retainer" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,632, issued on July 14, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE (UK) Ltd. (Leighton Buzzard, Great Britain).

"Retainer" was invented by Germans Kalitvencevs (Milton Keynes, Great Britain) and Samuel Steadman (Coventry, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining assembly, for a galley, including a retaining arm, a mounting rod and a biasing device. The retaining arm is movable between a non-retaining position and a retaining position. When in the retaining position, the retaining arm is arranged to prevent movement of an item in a retaining direction. The retaining arm is adjustably mounted to the mounting rod, such that its posit...