ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,043, issued on Sept. 29.

"Rotational take-off and landing of aerial vehicles" was invented by Tristan Sherman (Wrightwood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a system having a first aerial vehicle and a second aerial vehicle. The first aerial vehicle and the second aerial vehicle are configured to couple with each other and perform a rotational take-off and a rotational landing about a vertical axis. The system further includes a first connector having a first connector proximal end and a first connector distal end. The first proximal end is attached to the first aerial vehicle. The system further...