ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,529, issued on May 5, was assigned to Logistic Gliders Inc. (Dixon, Calif.).
"Air drop logistics apparatus and method" was invented by Martinus M. Sarigul-Klijn (Dixon, Calif.) and Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn (Dixon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air drop rack assembly is mounted within the cargo compartment of a cargo aircraft and has a forward part secured to the load deck and an aft part secured to the aircraft cargo ramp. The rack parts have rollers in conveyor assemblies mounted between C-channels which engage skidboards which support smaller aircraft such as gliders or cruise missiles. When the ramp is up two rack parts are t...