ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,585, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TELAIR INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Miesbach, Germany).

"Side guide and cargo deck of an aircraft" was invented by Andreas Patzlsperger (Waakirchen, Germany), Jakob Riedl (Irschenberg, Germany) and Christoph Barauke (Hausham, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side guide for guiding and/or fastening pieces of cargo, in particular containers and/or pallets, in an aircraft. The side guide has at least one side guide device and at least one holding unit. The holding unit comprises a fastening frame extending in a longitudinal direction and at least one securing device arranged on the fastening frame,...