US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Feb. 17 for "Interlocking expandable air-drop package" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,696, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Interlocking expandable air-drop package" was invented by Jesse Hunter Conklin (Partlow, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular air-drop package assembly is provided for delivering an internal payload. The assembly is oriented along axial, radial and angular directions, and includes a front section and a rear section. The front section has a hollow housing open at its rear along the axial direction. The housing has an inner wall that includes a plurality of angularly spaced indentations. Each indentat...