ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,536, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DASSAULT AVIATION (Paris).

"Device for holding objects in an aircraft cabin and associated method for holding" was invented by Jean-Remi Billon (Saint Cloud, France), Quentin Dugas (Saint Cloud, France), Gregory Lefloch (Little Rock, Ark.) and Maxime Nicot (Saint Cloud, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for holding objects in an aircraft cabin includes at least one interface, intended for being attached to a wall of the cabin, or for being formed in a wall of the cabin, the interface defining an attachment region for the object, the object being suitable for being placed in contact...