ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,531, issued on May 5, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Pilot storage systems for aircraft cabins" was invented by Cameron Boudreau (Farmers Branch, Texas), Andrew James Zahasky (North Richland Hills, Texas), Chirag Patel (Flower Mound, Texas) and Craig D. Cillessen (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pilot storage system positionable between forward-facing cockpit seats and aft-facing passenger seats in an aircraft cabin. The pilot storage system includes a central cabinet having first and second open sides and an interior storage compartment. A first side cabinet has a first upper storage compartment,...