US Patent Issued to The Boeing on May 6 for "System and method for transferring individuals to and from a toilet of a lavatory" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,335, issued on May 6, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"System and method for transferring individuals to and from a toilet of a lavatory" was invented by Darren Carl McIntosh (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Timothy Richard Randall (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configured to transfer an individual between an area and a toilet within a lavatory includes a base, one or more rollers coupled to the base, and a seating assembly coupled to the base. The seating assembly includes a backrest, a toilet overlay seat configured to be disposed over the toilet, and a seat cover that is movable between a covering position over th...