US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on July 21 for "Adjustable height fastener" (Washington, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,186, issued on July 21, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Adjustable height fastener" was invented by Scott Marley (Edmands, Wash.), Glen Shaw (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Jakob J. Vetter (Snohomish, Wash.) and Lance Allan McWilson (Falcon, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable height fastener may have a fixed load-bearing member connectable to a fixed structure and an adjustable load-bearing member connectable to the fixed load-bearing member at different locations along a first axis. An adjustment locking member is connectable to both the fixed load-bearing member and the adjustable load-bearing ...