ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,384, issued on July 1, was assigned to LINDNERHOF-TAKTIK GMBH (Lenggries, Germany).
"Landing aid for a parachutist" was invented by Martin Schwager (Penzberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a landing aid for a parachutist, in particular for a tandem jump or landing with heavy equipment, having an air bag, which protects the parachutist during landing, wherein the air bag has an inflow opening through which air can flow into the air bag in order to fill it by means of the airstream. It is provided that the landing aid comprises a spring element, by means of which the inflow opening is held in th...