US Patent Issued to Blue Origin Manufacturing on Sept. 15 for "Systems and methods for securing an upright rocket" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,203, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).

"Systems and methods for securing an upright rocket" was invented by Weidong Song (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for securing an upright rocket. The rocket may be on a moveable platform, such as a landing area of a ship. The rocket may land on the deck, and the system may include cables that surround the landing area. The cables may be tightened about the rocket after the rocket has landed in an upright position. The system may include poles that telescope upward, such that the cables may tighten about t...