ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,928, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Aircraft galley pathogen test kit" was invented by Edward Grocott (Winston-Salem, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A galley monument for a cabin area of an aircraft including a first monument stack, a second monument stack adjacent to the first monument stack, a tray within the second monument stack to secure a rapid pathogen tester, a slidably moveable support located below the tray to secure a plurality of tools to use along with the rapid pathogen tester, and at least one light within the tray to irradiate the tools placed within the support."...