US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on Jan. 13 for "Large aircraft lavatory with storage compartments" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,357, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Large aircraft lavatory with storage compartments" was invented by Leon John Rudkowski (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft lavatory is disclosed herein. The aircraft lavatory includes an aft wall, a forward wall including an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion configured to be directly adjacent one or more seats, and the upper portion configured to extend away from the forward wall and over the one or more seats, an outboard wall coupled to the forward wall and the aft wall, and an inboard wall coupled to the for...