US Patent Issued to INFLIGHT CANADA on Nov. 4 for "System for transporting cargo in an aircraft passenger cabin" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,644, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to INFLIGHT CANADA INC. (St-Laurent, Canada).

"System for transporting cargo in an aircraft passenger cabin" was invented by George R. Smallhorn (St-Laurent, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for transporting a cargo container in a cabin of an aircraft are provided. The system comprises a guide rail spanning a length of a seat track and being releasably coupled to the seat track at one or more locations on a bottom surface of the guide rail. A plurality of rollers are coupled to the guide rail where the rollers positioned to engage a surface of the cargo container. The system...