ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 16 -- B/E Aerospace, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been assigned a patent (No. 10,202,747, initially filed March 29, 2016) developed by six co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for controlling a waste outlet of a toilet." The co-inventors are Thao Hoang, Rockford, Illinois, Bradley J. Buniak, Schaumburg, Illinois, Christian C. Kurshinsky, Rockford, Illinois, Stephen M. Niznik, Rockford, Illinois, William Pedersen, Rockford, Illinois, and Mark A. Pondelick, Rockton, . . .