ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,522, issued on March 25.
"Model rockets with divisible nose cones" was invented by Thomas A. VanStavern (Columbus, Ohio) and Mark R. Wilson (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices and methods for model rocketry are provided. According to some aspects, new forms of model rocket nose cones, other model rocket components, and methods for their use, are provided. A new form of reversibly-divisible nose cone is provided, including a plurality of housing sections forming an interior payload section and, in some embodiments, including a locking mechanism(s) configured to hold the plurality of housing sections togeth...