US Patent Issued to The Yokohama Rubber on Sept. 2 for "Aircraft restroom unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,026, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Aircraft restroom unit" was invented by Kazushi Nakao (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural frame of an aircraft lavatory unit includes a first side wall facing a latitudinal aisle, and boarding entrances are located at both ends of the latitudinal aisle. A pump-type bottle that can discharge a disinfectant for hands and fingers is disposed at the first side wall at a height at which a passenger can push down a head portion thereof."

The patent was filed on April 30, 2021, under Application No. 18/249,173.

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