The Boeing Company

Thomas Ralph Smith, Jr

Cory Michael Hitchcock

Jon B Shaw

Nathaniel James Stenberg

Ryan Nelson Marcelo Abelon

Toai Dac Tran

Robert James Fisher

A method of protecting a monument during manufacturing of a vehicle. The method includes attaching a plurality of brackets to the monument prior to installation in the vehicle, each of the plurality of brackets having corresponding fasteners facing outwardly relative to the monument. The method also includes connecting a blanket to the corresponding fasteners. The method also includes installing the monument in the vehicle, disconnecting the blanket, and removing the plurality of brackets from the monument.

Commercial aircraft interior monument protection system

A method and a protective removable cover are presented. The protective removable cover comprises a number of sheets of fabric joined together in a toroidal shape such that an interior of the toroidal shape and an exterior of the toroidal shape have a same surface. The number of sheets of fabric joined together in the toroidal shape is configured to roll over a monument such that the monument is substantially covered.

Protective removable cover

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Cocoa, FL, United States of America

Thomas Ralph Smith, Jr