US Patent Issued to Alluvionic on July 14 for "Parachute with improved gliding features" (Florida, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,546, issued on July 14, was assigned to Alluvionic Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Parachute with improved gliding features" was invented by Ricardo Romeu (Melbourne, Fla.) and Mark Boomgaarden (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ram-air parachute system is presented. The system may include upper and lower airfoil surface members and one or more proximal wall members, distal wall members, interior wall members, and proximal-facing air inlets. The proximal-facing air inlets may be defined between the interior wall members and the upper and lower airfoil surface members. One or more edge airfoils may be defined between the proximal w...