US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on Oct. 6 for "Plinth monument and table" (North Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,870, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Plinth monument and table" was invented by Christopher D. Adcock (Advance, N.C.), Oscar Ruiz Lara (Kirkland, Wash.), Jefferey M. McKee (Duvall, Wash.), Travis John Vaninetti (Bothell, Wash.), Daniel N. Moe (Mukilteo, Wash.), Isaac Hale (Winston Salem, N.C.), Michael Boyd (Walkertown, N.C.), Travis K. Finlay (Durham, N.C.) and Shawn William Raybell (DuPont, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft monument may be designed as a multipurpose structure to provide seating amenities to an aircraft passenger using a wheelchair secured to a near-by plinth...