ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,473, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
"System including stowable cupholder apparatus" was invented by Praveen K. Busaji (Hyderabad, India), Sambasiva Rao Kodati (Vinjaram, India) and Chandra Sekhar Gudla (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a stowable cupholder apparatus. The stowable cupholder apparatus includes a cupholder member defined by: a top planar member, the top planar member having a cup hole configured to accommodate a cup; a rear planar member extending from the top planar member; and a base planar member extending from the rear planar member, wher...