ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,990, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Zeal Innovation Ltd (Swansea, Great Britain).
"Elongate body with exoskeleton" was invented by Neil Anthony Barron (Swansea, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongate body adapted to bend in a single plane, comprises a rope extending within a succession of individual tubular elements closely spaced along the rope. Each element has on two opposite sides of the plane an extended section engaging a recess in its neighbouring element, the profiles of the section and recess allowing relative rotation of adjacent elements in said plane. The tubular elements thus form an exoskeleton aro...