ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,531, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Freedom Flight Works Inc. (San Diego).
"Aerial delivery vehicle" was invented by Austin Blue (San Diego), Scott Duffy (San Diego) and Stephan Veillard (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aerial delivery systems are described including a propulsion unit, a deployable parafoil attached to the propulsion unit, a control/navigation unit operably connected to the parafoil, and a support truss connected to the propulsion unit. The system may be configured to attach to and transport a payload. The propulsion unit may be configured to provide thrust to the aerial delivery system while the parafoi...