US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on Aug. 25 for "Stowable entry handle" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,583, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Stowable entry handle" was invented by Mark Kendall Mallonee (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stowable entry handle includes a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a shaft mechanically coupled with the handle, a protrusion extending from an end of the shaft opposite the handle, and a mounting structure for mechanically coupling to a side wall adjacent a doorway. The shaft includes a cylindrical member that extends perpendicularly from the first end. The mounting structure includes a tube configured to rec...