ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,396, issued on July 1, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Cargo compartment centerline restraint" was invented by Ryan J. Schafer (Jamestown, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo restraining device is disclosed herein. The cargo restraining device includes a base, a first restraint coupled to the base, the first restraint including a first member coupled orthogonally to a second member and configured to move from a first position to a second position, the first restraint configured to restrain a pallet in a first direction when in the first position, and a second restraint coupled to the base and configured to m...