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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2022
Applicant:

B/e Aerospace, Inc., Winston Salem, NC (US);

Inventors:

Oscar Ruiz Lara, Kirkland, WA (US);

Travis John Vaninetti, Bothell, WA (US);

Brent Ellis, Bothell, WA (US);

Charles F. Forster, Arlington, WA (US);

Assignee:

B/E AEROSPACE, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/02 (2006.01); E05B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 11/02 (2013.01); E05B 41/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A locking assembly of a lavatory door in an aircraft, comprising: a locking mechanism; and an occupancy indicator. The occupancy indicator is configured with a display that enables viewing of a status of the lavatory of availability or is occupancy. The position of the locking mechanism and occupancy indicator has been changed from a higher location on the lavatory door that approximates a line-of-sight from a standing position at the lavatory door to a lower location that approximates the line-of-sight from a seated position at the lavatory door. The display of the occupancy indicator is configured with a plurality of display angles to display the status comprising at least a first display angle to allow viewing from the line-of-sight in the standing position and at a second display angle to allow viewing from the line-of-sight in a seated lower position at the lavatory door.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Ruiz Lara, Oscar. (2024). Lavatory door lock indicator with improved visibility (U.S. Patent No. 12172754). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12172754

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