ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,520, issued on May 5.
"Collapsible wing for aircraft" was invented by Dwight Funk (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible wing includes a plurality of ribs, a connector, a plurality of pivot arms, and a cover panel. Each of the pivot arms is pivotably coupled to a trailing rib end portion of a respective one of the ribs in a scissor orientation. Each of the pivot arms is selectively movable between an unlocked position out of alignment with its respective trailing rib portion and a locked position in alignment with its respective trailing rib portion. The cover panel includes a first panel edge and a second panel edge. ...