ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,464, issued on July 22, was assigned to Airbus (S.A.S.) (Blagnac, France).
"Galley for aircraft comprising a trolley locking system" was invented by Thomas Bollin (Blagnac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A galley for an aircraft, including a compartment, which has a doorframe and an end wall, for receiving two trolleys, and a locking system which includes a rod that can be rotated and actuated by a handle, a slider which is free in translation on the rod and is locked in rotation relative to the rod, and a separator which is attached to the slider and is designed to occupy alternatively a retracted position in which it is inte...