ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,081, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SWORD International Inc. (Greenville, S.C.).
"Inflatable unit load device" was invented by Christopher Collin Klaftenegger (Reno, Nev.) and Jeremy Allen Elrod (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable unit load device that is used to deploy cargo from an aircraft is described herein. In some instances, the inflatable unit load device may include a bladder having one or more inflatable interior bladder cells and a top surface, the top surface of the bladder forming a rigid support surface when the bladder is inflated on which cargo can be loaded, an outer material that positions the...