ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,412, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Aerial Solutions Inc. (Tabor City, N.C.).

"Aerial emergency load release mechanism system and method for an aerial transport system" was invented by William Cleveland Cox IV (Tabor City, N.C.), Ashley Lewis Bellamy (Tabor City, N.C.) and Nickolas Kevin Heniford (Loris, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial emergency load release mechanism system. The aerial emergency load release mechanism system may include a frame assembly, which may include a pair of side frame assemblies; and a cross frame assembly extending between the pair of side frame assemblies. The aerial emergency load release ...