ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,099, issued on May 27, was assigned to ZSM Holding LLC (Dover, Del.).
"Removable cargo floor systems and methods for cargo aircraft" was invented by Blake Poe (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for removeably adding a cargo bay floor to the interior cargo bay of cargo aircraft bay are disclosed. The system includes a rail disposed in a cargo bay of a cargo aircraft with the rail extending longitudinally along both a length of a forward portion and an aft portion of the fuselage. The system includes a cargo floor segment configured to be removeably attached to the rail. When attached, the cargo floor s...