ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,232, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Aircraft evacuation slides" was invented by Steven Philip McDonald (Marysville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example aircraft and aircraft evacuation slides and related methods are disclosed herein. An example evacuation slide assembly for an aircraft disclosed herein includes an inflatable slide body attachable to the aircraft and configured to inflate in response to an evacuation event, and a readiness indicator gate supported by the inflatable slide body, wherein the readiness indicator gate is movable from an unready position during inflation of the...