US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 14 for "Vacuum bag sealing system" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,050, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Vacuum bag sealing system" was invented by Michael Kenneth-Que Louie (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum bag sealing system comprises a bagging sheet comprising a sealing surface; a first interlocking strip connected to the sealing surface of the bagging sheet and forming a continuous perimeter connected to the sealing surface; a second interlocking strip between the first interlocking strip and the sealing surface of the bagging sheet in one portion of the perimeter, the second interlocking strip forming a continuous bladder perimeter."

The...