ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,356, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 1281329 Alberta Ltd. (Calgary, Canada).

"Payload mounting apparatus with low-profile floor brace system" was invented by Ross James Neyedly (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method includes removing a cargo handling rail from a cargo floor of an aircraft and installing a brace system directly into the cargo floor. The brace system includes a support plate and a spreader bar. The support plate is parallel to the cargo floor and has a surface that interfaces with the cargo floor and multiple slots for rollers. The spreader bar is parallel to the cargo floor and ...