ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,533, issued on May 5, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE (UK) Ltd. (Leighton Buzzard, Great Britain).
"Trolley retainer" was invented by Daniel H. Wall (Baldock, Great Britain), Peter Ashley Griffiths (Kensworth, Great Britain) and Samuel Steadman (Coventry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trolley retainer for an aircraft galley, the aircraft galley comprising an aircraft galley structure and a trolley, the trolley retainer comprising: a retainer connector configured to connect the trolley retainer to the aircraft galley structure; a front portion configured to extend across a front of the trolley to retain the trolley in the...