US Patent Issued to Comrod AS on Jan. 20 for "Drone with rotatable loop and rope connector and method for suspending a rope from an object" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,397, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Comrod AS (Tau, Norway).

"Drone with rotatable loop and rope connector and method for suspending a rope from an object" was invented by Jo Morten Eide (Stavanger, Norway), Knut Vangen (Sandvika, Norway), Stian Fjelde (Jorpeland, Norway) and Hans Einar Steinsland (Hjelmeland, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drone having at least one thrust device and being provided with a loop coupled to the drone. The loop is configured for fastening a rope to the drone and is provided with a rope connector for establishing a releasable connection with the rope in operational use of the drone. The loop ...