ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,269, issued on June 23, was assigned to Taylor & Lego Holdings LLC (Sarasota, Fla.).
"Unmanned aerial vehicle" was invented by Alan Taylor (Myakka City, Fla.) and Jerry Jordan (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock mechanism removeably couples a first object with a second object. A keyed post is coupled to the first object. A keyed receiver is coupled to the second object. An actuator is slidably coupled to the keyed receiver and abuts the keyed post for maintaining the keyed post engaged within the keyed receiver and the actuator is depressed for distancing the actuator from the keyed post for releasing the keyed pos...