ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,604, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Aircraft storage retainer" was invented by Sidney Aloysius Mohr (Clearwater, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage retainer includes an open recessed area configured to store materials in an aircraft. The retainer includes an aft wall and a lower shelf for receiving materials thereon. The retainer includes one or more straps attach to a panel for securing objects, such as a flight manual, against the aft wall and the lower shelf. The straps attach to one or more anchors on the aft wall and one or more anchors on the lower shelf, therein bi...