US Patent Issued to World View Enterprises on Aug. 11 for "High altitude parafoils" (Colorado, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,492, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to World View Enterprises Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"High altitude parafoils" was invented by Jared Leidich (Denver), Taber Kyle MacCallum (Tucson, Ariz.) and Ty Bowen (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parafoil for operation at high altitudes, in low density air, or at low airspeeds, and methods for opening same. Some versions of the parafoil comprise members connected to the parafoil canopy. When the parafoil canopy is in a stowed configuration, the members are constrained. When the canopy is released from its stowed configuration, the members open or assist with opening the canopy. The...