ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,967, issued on June 24, was assigned to IRVINGQ Ltd. (Bridgend, Great Britain).

"Aerial delivery system" was invented by Gareth Collins (Bridgend, Great Britain), Adam Sambrook (Bridgend, Great Britain), Richard Anthony Laws (Bridgend, Great Britain) and Stuart Strathdee (Bridgend, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial delivery system carrying cargo from an aircraft to ground includes a platform for supporting the cargo; a main parachute for carrying the platform when the platform has exited the aircraft, is airborne, and the main parachute is deployed; a main parachute deployment line to deploy the main parachute, a...