ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,609, issued on March 4, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"Cascading privacy divider" was invented by Sung Eun Jung (Winston Salem, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-panel system includes a drive panel coupled to an actuator and a follower panel coupled to the drive panel via a first latch rotatably coupled to the follower panel. The drive panel and the follower panel translate along a guide rail configured with a latch keeper at a latch position. The drive panel and follower panel are initially stored substantially superposed to each other. Upon translating the drive panel toward a final position, t...