US Patent Issued to MHI RJ AVIATION on July 15 for "Aircraft overhead luggage bin and method of modifying same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,626, issued on July 15, was assigned to MHI RJ AVIATION ULC (Boisbriand, Canada).

"Aircraft overhead luggage bin and method of modifying same" was invented by Michel Rheaume (Saint Hippolyte, Canada) and Elio Ruggi (Laval, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead luggage bin includes: a bucket including side walls and a belly wall defining a luggage bin interior, a door displaceable between open and closed positions, and a bullnose extending along a forward edge of the belly wall; a hinge bracket fixedly mounted to one of the side walls, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mounted to the bullnose and an upper...