US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on May 5 for "Dual purpose lavatory barrier" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,532, issued on May 5, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Dual purpose lavatory barrier" was invented by Darren Carl McIntosh (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual purpose aircraft lavatory component that can be a dual purpose aircraft lavatory door that is configured to deploy in a vehicle cabin from an initial position as an aircraft lavatory monument component into a deployed position converting aircraft lavatory monument component into an aircraft cabin lockable barrier to prevent passengers from moving along an aisle in a vehicle cabin into a vehicle area forward of the lockable barrier."

The pa...