ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,239, issued on March 4, was assigned to GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Corp. (Savannah, Ga.).
"Inflatable bladder" was invented by Jeremiah Mallette (Savannah, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable bladder includes, but is not limited to, a bladder body having a wall, a longitudinal dimension, and a lateral dimension. The wall defines an interior volume enclosing a fluid. The wall further defines an opening in fluid communication with the interior volume. The bladder body is fluid tight when the opening is closed. The wall is configured to facilitate an expansion of the longitudinal dimension during an ingress of the fluid into the ...