ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,085, issued on July 22.
"Hovering air fort" was invented by Luciana E. Hanley (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Edward E. Hanley (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hovering air fort containing an inflatable housing having an open base defined by a periphery surrounding the opening, one or more apertures, wherein one of the apertures is for receiving air flow for inflation and wherein the other aperture is for connecting a second hovering air fort and a cord hemmed into the periphery of the open base forming a hemmed opening or at least one connecting panel is affixed to at least two side walls about the open base p...