US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on July 21 for "Apparatus and system for flexible member deployment using sabot cones" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,475, issued on July 21, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Apparatus and system for flexible member deployment using sabot cones" was invented by Stephen Shepherd (Arlington, Va.) and Damien Bretall (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments provide a deployment apparatus comprising a tube, a flexible member, a stopper plate, and at least one deployment stacking unit. The tube may have a diameter and having an opening into a water environment. The flexible member may have at least a portion residing within the tube and be configured to be dep...