ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,883, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Monument fixtures" was invented by Sougand Talebpour (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Roland Mair (Kenmore, Wash.), Russell W. Keck (Seattle), Tomas Armenta (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Paul T. Bridgeman (Bothell, Wash.) and Franco M. Cagnina (Lynnwood, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame member, a monument for a vehicle, and a vehicle are provided. The frame member includes an extrusion that has a spar with first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing ends. The spar includes a first retention lip extending from the first planar surface along the fir...