US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Jan. 13 for "Convertible lavatory system for an internal cabin of an aircraft" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,358, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Convertible lavatory system for an internal cabin of an aircraft" was invented by Roland D. Mair (Kenmore, Wash.), Gregory Allen Tubbs (Marysville, Wash.), Martin Clive Adams (Everett, Wash.) and Paul Addis (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft includes an internal cabin, and a lavatory system within the internal cabin. The lavatory system is convertible between a standard configuration and an expanded configuration. The lavatory system includes a first lavatory unit, and a second lavatory unit. One or more doors of one or both of the first...