US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Oct. 7 for "Bi-fold barrier system and method for a flight deck of an aircraft" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,856, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Alexandria, Va.).

"Bi-fold barrier system and method for a flight deck of an aircraft" was invented by Daniel Bryan Nunes (Snohomish, Wash.), Gregory Smith (Edmonds, Wash.), Steven Ellis Rhynard (Mukilteo, Wash.), Hakeem Haj-Musa (Bellevue, Wash.), Paul James Saum Addis (Bothell, Wash.), Sean M. Finerty (Bothell, Wash.), Daniel Paul Warren (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Nathan Lee Near (Arlington, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft includes a flight deck including a flight deck door configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, a first monument, s...