US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Nov. 4 for "Toggle lock restraint for aircraft cargo handling systems" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,645, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Toggle lock restraint for aircraft cargo handling systems" was invented by Sanjay Yadav (Bangalore, India) and Mohinder Saini (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo restraint that accommodates restraining ULDs having a distorted or elevated retention base is disclosed (e.g., a retention base that is spaced above a conveyor plane, for instance coinciding with a cargo deck). An outer pawl includes at least one pivot that is maintained in a fixed location on the outer pawl, and that is movable along a slot to change the elevation of the pivot (and...