ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,307, issued on April 21, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Donauworth, Germany).

"Human and/or non-human cargo attachment device for use with a rotorcraft" was invented by Dominik Vogel (Langweid, Germany), Christoph Heider (Rain Am Lech, Germany), Stefan Salzburger (Augsburg, Germany) and Alexandru Dinca (Donauworth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human and/or non-human cargo attachment device for a rotorcraft, comprising: a mounting interface with a mounting base carrier 11d that is removably attachable to an associated attachment for attachment to a rotorcraft rope or cable; a connecting member that i...