ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,319, issued on Feb. 18.
"Launcher for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)" was invented by Timothy Grondin (Panama City, Fla.), Andrew Schicho (Panama City, Fla.), Patrick Delay (Panama City, Fla.) and Halie Cameron (Panama City, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launcher device includes a hopper having an open end disposed beneath a stack of UAVs. A retainer retains the UAVs in the hopper and releases one of the UAVs at the hopper's open end. A movable carriage disposed beneath the retainer receives the released UAV. The carriage is operable to be moved along a first direction from beneath the retainer to a terminus and subsequently...