US Patent Issued to SKYBUDI on Sept. 15 for "Aircraft stretcher" (Australian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,081, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SKYBUDI Pty LTD. (Northcote, Australia).

"Aircraft stretcher" was invented by Andrew Martin John Heath (Northcote, Australia), Linda Heath (Northcote, Australia), Matthew Blythman (Belgrave, Australia), Matthew Charles Richardson (Melbourne, Australia), Boris Eisenbart (Arakoon, Australia) and Benedikt Lux (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable aircraft stretcher for supporting a person on an aircraft, the stretcher configured for location in a port-starboard orientation across three or four side-by-side commercial aircraft seats. The stretcher includes a seat and a back...